WoRMS taxon details

Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818)

158748  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158748)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 407-412.
page(s): 409 [details]   
Type locality contained in New York  
type locality contained in New York [details]
Distribution Scotian shelf off eastern Canada, into eastern Canada into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Rio de Janeiro  
Distribution Scotian shelf off eastern Canada, into eastern Canada into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Rio de Janeiro [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158748 on 2024-04-20
Date
action
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2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
created
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description  (of Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> v. 1 (pt 2): 407-412.
page(s): 409 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]   

additional source 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. [details]   

additional source 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. [details]   

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

ecology source 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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Diet Feeds on lanternfishes, merlucciids, squid and crustaceans [details]

Distribution Scotian shelf off eastern Canada, into eastern Canada into the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to Rio de Janeiro [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat deepwater species occuring over a wide depth range, usually deeper than 183m  [details]

Importance Social- Minor Commercial, fishery [details]

Reproduction Spawning occurs from April to July, possibly near the bottom in depths of 330-550m. [details]
LanguageName 
English offshore whitingoffshore silver hakeoffshore hake  [details]
French merlu du largemerlu blancmerlu argenté du largemerlu  [details]
German Seehecht  [details]
Japanese ofushoa-heiku  [details]
Portuguese prescada prateada do alto  [details]
Spanish merluza norteamericana meridionalmerluza blanca de alturamerluza blancamerluza  [details]