WoRMS taxon details
Merlangius Garsault, 1764
Merlangus Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817 · unaccepted
Odontogadus Gill, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Merlangius australis (Hutton, 1872) accepted as Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872)
- Species Merlangius merlangius (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Species Merlangius poutassou Risso, 1827 accepted as Merlangus poutassou Risso, 1827 accepted as Micromesistius poutassou (Risso, 1827) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Garsault, F. A. D.; Geoffroy, E.-F. (1764). Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en medecine, décrits dans la Matiere Medicale de Geoffroy Medecin. Tome V: Animaux. 6(5): 375-472., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33607497#page/393/mode/1up
page(s): 401 [details]
page(s): 401 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Merlangius Garsault, 1764. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125734 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Garsault, F. A. D.; Geoffroy, E.-F. (1764). Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en medecine, décrits dans la Matiere Medicale de Geoffroy Medecin. Tome V: Animaux. 6(5): 375-472., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33607497#page/393/mode/1up
page(s): 401 [details]
original description (of Odontogadus Gill, 1863) Gill, T. N. (1863). Descriptions of the genera of gadoid and brotuloid fishes of western North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15: 242-254., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958506 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 401 [details]
original description (of Odontogadus Gill, 1863) Gill, T. N. (1863). Descriptions of the genera of gadoid and brotuloid fishes of western North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 15: 242-254., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1958506 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
additional source
Geoffroy, E.L. (1767). Descriptions, vertus et usages de 719 Plantes et de 134 animaux,. Paris. 5 vols. 1-472.
page(s): 401 [details]
page(s): 401 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Unreviewed
- North Sea
