WoRMS taxon details
Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
126484 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126484)
accepted
Species
Gadus byrkelange Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (basionym)
Gadus ruber Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hidronus marlucius Minding, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hydronus marlucius Minding, 1832 · unaccepted
Merluccius argentatus Günther, 1862 · unaccepted
Merluccius esculentus Risso, 1827 · unaccepted
Merluccius linnei Malm, 1877 · unaccepted
Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted
Merlucius ambiguus Lowe, 1841 · unaccepted
Merlucius esculentus Risso, 1827 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Merlucius lanatus Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted
Merlucius sinuatus Swainson, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
Molva byrkelange (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted (Following synonymy of Gadus...)
Following synonymy of Gadus byrkelange
Onus riali Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Trachinoides maroccanus Borodin, 1934 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Trachinoides moroccanus Borodin, 1934 · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Subspecies Merluccius merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960 accepted as Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950
- Subspecies Merluccius merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861 accepted as Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861
- Subspecies Merluccius merluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933 accepted as Merluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933
- Subspecies Merluccius merluccius lessepsianus Lloris, Matallanas & Oliver, 2003 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Merluccius merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960 accepted as Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960
- Subspecies Merluccius merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950 accepted as Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950
- Subspecies Merluccius merluccius senegalensis Cadenat, 1950 accepted as Merluccius senegalensis Cadenat, 1950
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126484 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Gadus byrkelange Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 195 [details]
original description (of Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Onus riali Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Gadus ruber Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 671, 673 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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 Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 195 [details]
original description (of Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 25 [details]
original description (of Onus riali Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 12 [details]
original description (of Gadus ruber Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 671, 673 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [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 Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 254 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | merlucibakalaku | [details] |
| Basque | legatzalegatz arrunt | [details] |
| Breton | merluzbegeg-vôr | [details] |
| Catalan | lluç | [details] |
| Danish | kulmulekolmuler | [details] |
| Dutch | stokvismooie meidheekEuropese heek | [details] |
| English | hakeEuropean hake | [details] |
| Finnish | kummeli | [details] |
| French | merluchónmerluchemerlu européenmerlu blancmerlucolinbrochet de mer | [details] |
| Galician | pixotapescada | [details] |
| German | SeehechtHechtdorschEuropäischer Seehecht | [details] |
| Hebrew | בקלה ים-תיכונית | [details] |
| Icelandic | lýsingur | [details] |
| Italian | nasello | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | ΜπακαλιάροςΒακαλάος | [details] |
| Norwegian | lysingkolkjefthaeg | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | lysing | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | lysing | [details] |
| Polish | morszczuk | [details] |
| Portuguese | pescadinhapescadamarmota | [details] |
| Russian | Мерлуза европейская | [details] |
| Spanish | pescadillapescadamerluza europeamerluzacarioca | [details] |
| Swedish | kummel | [details] |
| Turkish | bakalyaro | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Мерлуза європейська | [details] |
| Welsh | ceggducegddu | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (330 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gadus byrkelange Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Merluccius linnei Malm, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hydronus marlucius Minding, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trachinoides moroccanus Borodin, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Merlucius sinuatus Swainson, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Onus riali Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Merluccius esculentus Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Gadus ruber Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (239 publications) (from synonym Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Molva byrkelange (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Merlucius ambiguus Lowe, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Merlucius esculentus Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Merluccius argentatus Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Merlucius lanatus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications) (from synonym Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius merluccius)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius vulgaris) (from synonym Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Molva byrkelange (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus byrkelange Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius argentatus Günther, 1862)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hydronus marlucius Minding, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlucius ambiguus Lowe, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius esculentus Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlucius sinuatus Swainson, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlucius lanatus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinoides moroccanus Borodin, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Onus riali Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius merluccius lessepsianus Lloris, Matallanas & Oliver, 2003)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus ruber Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Hidronus marlucius Minding, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinoides maroccanus Borodin, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlucius esculentus Risso, 1827)
To FishBase images (Merluccius merluccius, Norway, by Svensen, R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To GenBank (103669 nucleotides; 641 proteins) (from synonym Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (103669 nucleotides; 641 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (330 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gadus byrkelange Walbaum, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Merluccius linnei Malm, 1877)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hydronus marlucius Minding, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trachinoides moroccanus Borodin, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Merlucius sinuatus Swainson, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Onus riali Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Merluccius esculentus Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Gadus ruber Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (239 publications) (from synonym Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Molva byrkelange (Walbaum, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Merlucius ambiguus Lowe, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Merlucius esculentus Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Merluccius argentatus Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Merlucius lanatus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (88 publications) (from synonym Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius merluccius)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius vulgaris) (from synonym Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Molva byrkelange (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus byrkelange Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius argentatus Günther, 1862)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hydronus marlucius Minding, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlucius ambiguus Lowe, 1841)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius esculentus Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius linnei Malm, 1877)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlucius sinuatus Swainson, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlucius lanatus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinoides moroccanus Borodin, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Onus riali Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius merluccius lessepsianus Lloris, Matallanas & Oliver, 2003)
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus ruber Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Hidronus marlucius Minding, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Trachinoides maroccanus Borodin, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlucius esculentus Risso, 1827)
To FishBase images (Merluccius merluccius, Norway, by Svensen, R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To GenBank (103669 nucleotides; 641 proteins) (from synonym Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (103669 nucleotides; 641 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
