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Merluccius
Taxonomy
Merluccius was named by Rafinesque (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Gadidae by Pauca (1929), Danil'chenko (1960), Heinrich (1969), Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Fitch and Lavenberg (1983); to Gadiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Merlucciinae by Lin et al. (2017); to Merluccidae by Bedini et al. (1986), Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Merlucciidae by Stinton (1957), Steurbaut (1984), Constantin (1999), Girone et al. (2006), Fierstine et al. (2012), Schwarzhans (2019).
It was assigned to Gadidae by Pauca (1929), Danil'chenko (1960), Heinrich (1969), Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Fitch and Lavenberg (1983); to Gadiformes by Sepkoski (2002); to Merlucciinae by Lin et al. (2017); to Merluccidae by Bedini et al. (1986), Purdy et al. (2001), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018); and to Merlucciidae by Stinton (1957), Steurbaut (1984), Constantin (1999), Girone et al. (2006), Fierstine et al. (2012), Schwarzhans (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2014-07-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1810 | Merluccius Rafinesque |
| 1929 | Merluccius Pauca p. 32 |
| 1957 | Merluccius Stinton p. 84 |
| 1960 | Merluccius Danil'chenko p. 67 |
| 1969 | Merluccius Heinrich p. 28 |
| 1978 | Merluccius Schwarzhans p. 18 |
| 1983 | Merluccius Fitch and Lavenberg p. 512 |
| 1983 | Merluccius Nolf and Steurbaut p. 164 |
| 1984 | Merluccius Steurbaut p. 60 |
| 1986 | Merluccius Bedini et al. p. 52 |
| 1999 | Merluccius Constantin |
| 2001 | Merluccius Purdy et al. p. 166 |
| 2002 | Merluccius Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Merluccius Girone et al. p. 656 |
| 2012 | Merluccius Fierstine et al. p. 69 |
| 2017 | Merluccius Lin et al. p. 10 |
| 2018 | Merluccius Carnevale and Godfrey p. 169 |
| 2019 | Merluccius Schwarzhans p. 248 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Merluccius Rafinesque 1810
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†Merluccius abreviatus Nolf and Brzobohaty 2002
†Merluccius athanasiui Pauca 1929
†Merluccius attenuatus Koken 1891
†Merluccius balticus Koken 1885
†Merluccius bilinearis Mitchill 1814
†Merluccius emarginatus Koken 1884
†Merluccius fimbriatus Stinton 1957
†Merluccius inferus Daniltshenko 1947
†Merluccius lednevi Bogatshov 1933
†Merluccius macroactus Kramberger 1879
Merluccius merluccius Linnaeus 1758 [European hake]
†Merluccius miocenicus Koken 1891
†Merluccius obtusus Koken 1891
†Merluccius ovalis Ciobanu 1977
Merluccius productus Ayres 1855 [North Pacific hake]
†Merluccius pukeuriensis Frost 1924
†Merluccius rattazzii Lin et al. 2017
†Merluccius romanicus Pauca 1929
†Merluccius sagittidens Winkler 1874
†Merluccius shepherdi Schubert 1916
†Merluccius vulgaris Fleming 1828
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available