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Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Guichenot, A. 1848. Fauna Chilena. Peces. In: Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Vol. 2, Zoologia (<Unspecified Agent>, ed.), : 137-370.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Gadiformes
family
Merlucciidae
genus
Merluccius
species
Merluccius gayi

Name

Homonyms
Merluccius gayi (Guichenot, 1848)
Common names
Chilean hake in English
Chilean hake in English
Chileense heek in Dutch
Chileense heek in Dutch
Chilenischer Seehecht in German
Chilenischer Seehecht in German
Chilensk kulmule in Danish
English hake in English
English hake in English
English hake in English
Merluza-chilena in Portuguese
Pacific hake in English
Pacific hake in English
Peruvian hake in English
Peruvian hake in English
Peruvian whiting in English
Peruvian whiting in English
Pescada-do-Chile in Portuguese
Seehecht in German
Seehecht in German
South Pacific hake in English
South Pacific hake in English
bakaliáros in Greek, Modern (1453-)
bakaliáros in Greek, Modern (1453-)
chilean whiting in English
chilean whiting in English
chiri-heiku in Japanese
chiri-heiku in Japanese
hake in English
hake in English
huaycuya in language.
huaycuya in language.
kumule in language.
kumule in language.
lysingur in Icelandic
lysingur in Icelandic
maltona in Spanish
maltona in Spanish
merlango in Spanish
merlango in Spanish
merlu du Pacifique sud in French
merlu du Pacifique sud in French
merlu du chili in French
merlu du chili in French
merluza in Spanish
merluza in Spanish
merluza chilen in Spanish
merluza chilen in Spanish
merluza común in Spanish
merluza común in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Cohen, Daniel M., Tadashi Inada, Tomio Iwamoto, and Nadia Scialabba, 1990: Gadiform Fishes of the World (Order Gadiformes): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cods, Hakes, Grenadiers and other Gadiform Fishes Known to Date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 10. x + 442.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates.
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
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