PeRMS taxon details
Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848)
293628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293628)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Merluccius gayi peruanus Ginsburg, 1954 accepted as Merluccius peruanus Ginsburg, 1954
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848). Accessed through: Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025) Peruvian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293628 on 2025-12-10
Santamaría, J.; Romero, C.; Meza, M. (Eds) (2025). Peruvian Register of Marine Species. Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Perms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293628 on 2025-12-10
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(of ) Guichenot, A. (1848). Fauna Chilena. Peces. <em>Pp. 137-370. In: C. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoología.</em> v. 2. Paris & Santiago. ["Ictiologia" plates 1-11 are in Atlas, v. 2; of 2 sets of plates at CAS, 1 set has some figures in color. Plates published in 1854. Sometimes author given as Valenciennes.]. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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]
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]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). 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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | kumule | [details] |
| Dutch | Chileense heek | [details] |
| English | whitingSouth Pacific hakesilver hakePeruvian whitingPeruvian hakePacific hakehakeEnglish hakechilean whiting | [details] |
| Finnish | perunkummeliturska | [details] |
| French | merlu du Pacifique sudmerlu du chili | [details] |
| German | SeehechtChilenischer Seehecht | [details] |
| Icelandic | lysingur | [details] |
| Italian | nasello dei Chile | [details] |
| Japanese | chiri-heiku | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | bakaliáros | [details] |
| Polish | morszczuk chilijski | [details] |
| Portuguese | pescada do Chilepescada chilena | [details] |
| Quechuan (family) | huaycuya | [details] |
| Spanish | pescadillapescadapeje palomerluza del Pacifico surmerluza común chilenamerluza comúnmerluza chilenmerluzamerlangomaltona | [details] |