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Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810

1200002  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1200002)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Gadiformes (Order)
  7. Merlucciidae (Family)
  8. Merluccius (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Hidronus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Hydronus Minding, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Merlangus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
Merlucius Schinz in Cuvier, 1822 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Onus Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818)
  2. Species Merluccius angustimanus Garman, 1899
  3. Species Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872)
  4. Species Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814)
  5. Species Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861
  6. Species Merluccius fimbriatus
  7. Species Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848)
  8. Species Merluccius hernandezi Mathews, 1985
  9. Species Merluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933
  10. Species Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  11. Species Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960
  12. Species Merluccius patagonicus Lloris & Matallanas, 2003
  13. Species Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950
  14. Species Merluccius productus (Ayres, 1855)
  15. Species Merluccius senegalensis Cadenat, 1950
  16. Species Merluccius tasmanicus Matallanas & Lloris, 2006
  17. Species Merluccius ambiguous Lowe, 1841 accepted as Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810)
  18. Species Merluccius ambiguus Lowe, 1841 accepted as Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810)
  19. Species Merluccius angusticeps Hildebrand, 1946 accepted as Merluccius angustimanus Garman, 1899
  20. Species Merluccius argentatus Günther, 1862 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  21. Species Merluccius cadenati Doutre, 1960 accepted as Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950
  22. Species Merluccius esculentus Risso, 1827 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  23. Species Merluccius linnei Malm, 1877 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  24. Species Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954 accepted as Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818)
  25. Species Merluccius maraldi (Risso, 1810) accepted as Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810)
  26. Species Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954 accepted as Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872)
  27. Species Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  28. Species Merluccius uraleptus Costa, 1846 accepted as Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810)
  29. Species Merluccius vulgaris Fleming, 1828 accepted as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia : con varie osservazioni sopra i medesimi. Sanfilippo. Palermo. 105 p., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.104418
page(s): 25 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Linnaeus' species spelled merlucius by Rafinesque. Spelled Merlucius by Schinz 1822 and some subsequent authors. Perhaps...  
Taxonomic remark Linnaeus' species spelled merlucius by Rafinesque. Spelled Merlucius by Schinz 1822 and some subsequent authors. Perhaps Onus Rafinesque 1810 predates Merluccius Rafinesque. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1200002 on 2025-04-23
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
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db_admin
2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia : con varie osservazioni sopra i medesimi. Sanfilippo. Palermo. 105 p., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.104418
page(s): 25 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Merlus Guichenot, 1848) in Gay, Chili (Peces), 2
page(s): 328 [details] 

original description (of Trachinoides Borodin, 1934) Bull. Vanderbilt Mar. Mus., 1
page(s): 119 [details] 

original description (of Polydatus Gistel, 1848) Gistel, J. (1848). Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller drei Reiche, fur Lehrer and Lernende, fur Schule und Haus. Abtheilung I. Thierreich. R. Hoffmann, Stuttgart. Pp. 1-626 [1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83234
page(s): 343 [details] 

original description (of Merlangus Rafinesque, 1810) Ind. Itt. Sicil.
page(s): 67 [details] 

original description (of Hydronus Minding, 1832) Lehrb. Naturg. Fische
page(s): 83 [details] 

original description (of Huttonichthys Whitley, 1937) Whitley, G.P. (1937). Further ichthyological miscellanea. <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 11(2): 113-148., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52410822
page(s): 122 [details] 

original description (of Epicopus Günther, 1860) Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 2, 232
page(s): 248 [details] 

original description (of Stomodon Mitchill, 1814) Rept. Fishes N. York
page(s): 7 [details] 

original description (of Onus Rafinesque, 1810) Ind. Itt. Sic.
page(s): 12 [details] 

original description (of Merlucius Schinz in Cuvier, 1822) in Cuvier, Thierreich, 2
page(s): 362 [details] 

original description (of Homalopomus Girard, 1856) Girard, C. (1856). Contributions to the Ichthyology of the Western Coast of the United States, from specimens in the msueum of the Smithsonian Institution. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8:131-137., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935185
page(s): 132 [details] 

original description (of Merglangus Fleming, 1822) Phil. Zool., 2
page(s): 388 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: All Marine. [details]

Subfamily Merlucciinae [details]

Taxonomic remark Linnaeus' species spelled merlucius by Rafinesque. Spelled Merlucius by Schinz 1822 and some subsequent authors. Perhaps Onus Rafinesque 1810 predates Merluccius Rafinesque. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque 1810 (= Gadus merluccius Linnaeus 1758) [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Huttonichthys Whitley, 1937)
To BioNames database (from synonym Trachinoides Borodin, 1934)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Huttonichthys Whitley, 1937)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Trachinoides Borodin, 1934)
To WoRMS (from synonym Onus Rafinesque, 1810)
To WoRMS (from synonym Merlucius Schinz in Cuvier, 1822)
To WoRMS (from synonym Homalopomus Girard, 1856)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Epicopus Günther, 1860)
To WoRMS (from synonym Hidronus)
To WoRMS (from synonym Stomodon Mitchill, 1814)
To WoRMS (from synonym Merlus Guichenot, 1848)
To WoRMS (from synonym Trachinoides Borodin, 1934)
To WoRMS (from synonym Merlangus Rafinesque, 1810)
To WoRMS (from synonym Hydronus Minding, 1832)
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