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Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818
Merluccius magnoculus Ginsburg, 1954
Homonyms
Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818)
Common names
Merlu in French
Merlu argenté du large, Merlu, Merlu blanc, Merlu du large in French
Merluza-americana in Portuguese
Nasello atlantico in Italian
Offshore hake, Offshore silver hake in English
Seehecht in German
Seehecht in German
merlu in French
merlu in French
merlu argenté du large in French
merlu argenté du large in French
merlu blanc in French
merlu blanc in French
merlu du large in French
merlu du large in French
merluza in Spanish
merluza in Spanish
merluza blanca in Spanish
merluza blanca in Spanish
merluza blanca de altura in Spanish
merluza blanca de altura in Spanish
merluza norteamericana meridional in Spanish
merluza norteamericana meridional in Spanish
merluza profunda in Spanish
offshore hake in English
offshore hake in English
offshore hake in English
offshore silver hake in English
offshore silver hake in English
offshore whiting in English
offshore whiting in English
offshore whiting in English
ofushoa-heiku in Japanese
ofushoa-heiku in Japanese
prescada prateada do alto in Portuguese
prescada prateada do alto in Portuguese
štikozubec bělavý in Czech
Североамериканская глубоководная мерлуза in Russian
Offshore Hake in English
Merlu Argenté du Large in French
Merluza in Spanish
Merluza Blanca de Altura in Spanish
Offshore Silver Hake in English
Offshore Whiting in English
Seehecht in German
merlu in French
merlu argenté du large in French
merlu blanc in French
merlu du large in French
merluza 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. Klein-MacPhee, Grace / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Silver Hakes: Family Merlucciidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 217-222.
  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. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  7. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  8. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  9. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  10. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  11. 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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