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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii
Series: Zeiogadaria
Subseries: Gadariae
Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Merlucciidae
Genus: Merluccius
Species: M. albidus - M. angustimanus - M. australis - M. bilinearis - M. capensis - M. gayi - M. guttatus - M. hernandezi - M. hubbsi - M. merluccius - M. paradoxus - M. patagonicus - M. polli - M. productus - M. senegalensis – M. tasmanicus

Name

Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810

Gender: masculine

Type species: Merluccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810
Synonyms

Merlucius Schinz, 1822

References

Deli Antoni, M.Y., Delpiani, S.M., Stewart, A.L., González-Castro, M. & Díaz de Astarloa, J.M. 2015: Merluccius tasmanicus Matallanas & Lloris 2006 is a junior synonym of M. australis (Hutton 1872) (Gadiformes: Merluciidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa 3956(1): 29–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.1.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Rafinesque, C. S. 1810. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi.
Merluccius – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Merluccius is a genus of merluccid hakes from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, where mainly found relatively deep.

The generic name is derived from French mer ("sea") and Latin lucius, "pike."[2]
Species

The 14 recognized species in this genus are:[3]

Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818) (offshore silver hake)
Merluccius angustimanus Garman, 1899 (Panama hake)
Merluccius australis (F. W. Hutton, 1872) (southern hake) [4]
Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill, 1814) (silver hake)
Merluccius capensis Castelnau, 1861 (shallow-water Cape hake)
Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848)
M. g. gayi (Guichenot, 1848) (South Pacific hake)
M. g. peruanus Ginsburg, 1954 (Peruvian hake)
Merluccius hernandezi C. P. Mathews, 1985 (Cortez hake)
Merluccius hubbsi Marini, 1933 (Argentine hake)
Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758) (European hake)
Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960 (deep-water cape hake)
Merluccius patagonicus Lloris & Matallanas, 2003 (Patagonian hake)
Merluccius polli Cadenat, 1950 (Benguela hake)
Merluccius productus (Ayres, 1855) (North Pacific hake)
Merluccius senegalensis Cadenat, 1950 (Senegalese hake)

References

William Eschmeyer, ed. (2018). "SEARCH RESULTS FROM THE Catalog of Fishes Genera that contain: Merluccius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
"Merluccius merluccius, European hake : fisheries". www.fishbase.se.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Merluccius in FishBase. April 2018 version.
Deli Antoni, M.Y., Delpiani, S.M., Stewart, A.L., González-Castro, M. & Díaz De Astarloa, J.M. (2015): Merluccius tasmanicus Matallanas & Lloris 2006 is a junior synonym of M. australis (Hutton 1872) (Gadiformes: Merluciidae) based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa, 3956 (1): 29–55.

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