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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: Gadidae
Subfamilia: Gadinae
Genus: Micromesistius
Species: M. australis – M. poutassou
Name

Micromesistius Gill, 1863

Gender: masculine

Type species: Merlangus poutassou Risso, 1827
References

Gill, T. N. 1863. Synopsis of the North American gadoid fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15: 229–242.
Micromesistius – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Micromesistius poutassou

Micromesistius poutassou

Micromesistius, the blue whitings, is a genus of cods.
Species

The two currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Micromesistius australis Norman, 1937 (southern blue whiting)
Micromesistius poutassou (A. Risso, 1827) (blue whiting)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Micromesistius in FishBase. April 2012 version.

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