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Merluccius productus (North Pacific hake)

Osteichthyes - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae

Taxonomy
Merlangus productus was named by Ayres (1855). It is extant.

It was recombined as Merluccius productus by Fitch (1968), Fitch (1970), Fierstine et al. (2012), Welton (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Merlangus productus Ayres
1968Merluccius productus Fitch p. 10 fig. 1j
1970Merluccius productus Fitch p. 27 fig. 2h
2012Merluccius productus Fierstine et al. p. 69
2015Merluccius productus Welton p. 12

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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
speciesproductus(Ayres 1855)

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 productus Ayres 1855 [North Pacific hake]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Merluccius productus (219849)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Merluccius productus (84881 276728)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Oregon) Merluccius productus (222407 222408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Merluccius productus (20646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Merluccius productus (59063 219031)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Merluccius productus (276600)