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Merluccius vulgaris

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae

Taxonomy
Merluccius vulgaris was named by Fleming (1828).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. albidus, M. angustimanus, M. billnearis, M. latus, M. meluccius, M. merlucchus
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2021-08-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Merluccius vulgaris Fleming
1926Merluccius vulgaris Leriche p. 460
1969Merluccius vulgaris Heinrich p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Paracanthopterygii()
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyMerlucciidaeGill 1884
genusMerlucciusRafinesque 1810
speciesvulgarisFleming 1828

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.

†Merluccius vulgaris Fleming 1828
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available