WoRMS taxon details
Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950
272457 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272457)
accepted
Species
Merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Merluccius merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960 · unaccepted
Merluccius merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950 · unaccepted
Merluccius polli cadenati Doutre, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Merluccius polli polli Cadenat, 1950 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Merluccius polli cadenati Doutre, 1960 accepted as Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Merluccius polli polli Cadenat, 1950 accepted as Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cadenat, J. (1950). Note sur le merlus de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Congrés de Pêches et Pêcheries dans l'Union Français d'Outre-Mer.</em> Pp. 128-130. Marseille (Institut Colonial de Marseille). [details]
Type locality contained in Congolese Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Congolese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272457 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Cadenat, J. (1950). Note sur le merlus de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. <em>Congrés de Pêches et Pêcheries dans l'Union Français d'Outre-Mer.</em> Pp. 128-130. Marseille (Institut Colonial de Marseille). [details]
original description (of Merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960) Doutre, M.P. (1960). Les merlus du Sénégal. Mise en évidence d'une nouvelle espèce. <em>Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes.</em> 24(4): 513–536. [details]
original description (of Merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960) Doutre, M.P. (1960). Les merlus du Sénégal. Mise en évidence d'une nouvelle espèce. <em>Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes.</em> 24(4): 513–536. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates. [details]
additional source Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | stokvis | [details] |
| Dutch | Benguelaheek | [details] |
| English | hakeBenguela hake | [details] |
| French | merluchemerlu d'Afrique tropicalemerlu | [details] |
| German | Benguela Seehecht | [details] |
| Portuguese | pescada de Angolapescada Angolensepescada africanapescadamarmota | [details] |
| Spanish | merluza negramerluza de Benguelamerluza de Angolamerluza | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius polli cadenati) (from synonym Merluccius polli cadenati Doutre, 1960)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius polli polli) (from synonym Merluccius polli polli Cadenat, 1950)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius polli)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950)
To GenBank (120815 nucleotides; 26166 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius polli cadenati Doutre, 1960)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius polli polli Cadenat, 1950)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius polli cadenati) (from synonym Merluccius polli cadenati Doutre, 1960)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius polli polli) (from synonym Merluccius polli polli Cadenat, 1950)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius polli)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950)
To GenBank (120815 nucleotides; 26166 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius polli cadenati Doutre, 1960)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius polli polli Cadenat, 1950)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
