Merluccius

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)

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