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Merluccius
Rafinesque, 1810
- hake
(fish)
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Merlucciidae (Family) - merlucciid hakes
..‡Lyconodes (Genus)
..†Rhinocephalus (Genus)
..Merluccius (Genus) - hake
....Merluccius albidus (Species) - offshore hake
....Merluccius angustimanus (Species) - Panama hake
....Merluccius australis (Species) - New Zealand hake
....Merluccius bilinearis (Species) - silver hake
....Merluccius capensis (Species) - Cape hake
....Merluccius gayi (Species)
....Merluccius hernandezi (Species)
....Merluccius hubbsi (Species) - Argentine hake
....Merluccius merluccius (Species) - Cornish salmon
....Merluccius paradoxus (Species) - deep water hake
....Merluccius patagonicus (Species)
....Merluccius polli (Species) - Benguela hake
....Merluccius productus (Species) - North Pacific hake
....Merluccius senegalensis (Species) - black hake
Authorship
Original name
:
Rafinesque, 1810. Car. n. gen., 25.
Types
Type of
:
Merlucciidae
(Family)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 11 Jun 2025; 30 Apr 2012.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Merlucciinae
(Subfamily)
Rafinesque, 1815
Type, by monotypy
:
Merluccius smiridus
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. illeg.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 7 Jun 2012.
Type, by absolute tautonymy
:
Gadus merluccius
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 7 Jun 2012 [synonym].
[implicit]
Type, by absolute tautonymy
:
Merluccius merluccius
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Type, by absolute tautonymy
:
Merluccius smiridus
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. illeg.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 7 Jun 2012.
[implicit]
Variants
Different spelling
:
Merlucius
(Genus)
Schinz, 1822
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling
:
Merlus
(Genus)
Guichenot, 1849
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Synonyms
Replacement name
:
Merlangus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. illeg.
Ref:
C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810b
: 12, 67.
[
new
] [implicit]
Replacement name
:
Onus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. inval.
Ref:
C.S. Rafinesque Schmaltz, 1810b
: 12.
[
new
] [implicit]
Junior objective synonym
:
Merlangus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. illeg.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 7 Jun 2012.
Junior objective synonym
:
Onus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. inval.
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016
: 7 Jun 2012.
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Merlangus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. illeg.
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 10 Oct 2025.
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Onus
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1810, nom. inval.
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 10 Oct 2025.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
hake
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 685.
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