WoRMS taxon details
Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960
217745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217745)
accepted
Species
Merluccius capensis paradoxus Franca, 1960 · unaccepted
Merluccius merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Franca, P. da. (1960). Nova contribuição para o conhecimento do género Merluccius no Atlântico oriental ao sul do Equador. <em>Memórias da Junta de Investigações Científicas do Ultramar.</em> 2a. sér. Lisboa No. 18: 57-101. [details]
Description Feeds on fishes, mysids, euphausiids and squids. The young feed mainly on euphausiids, but the diet becomes polyphagous...
Description Feeds on fishes, mysids, euphausiids and squids. The young feed mainly on euphausiids, but the diet becomes polyphagous with growth. Cannibalism has been observed in larger individuals (Ref. 9583). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217745 on 2023-03-31
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original description
Franca, P. da. (1960). Nova contribuição para o conhecimento do género Merluccius no Atlântico oriental ao sul do Equador. <em>Memórias da Junta de Investigações Científicas do Ultramar.</em> 2a. sér. Lisboa No. 18: 57-101. [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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]




From other sources
Description Feeds on fishes, mysids, euphausiids and squids. The young feed mainly on euphausiids, but the diet becomes polyphagous with growth. Cannibalism has been observed in larger individuals (Ref. 9583). [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Language | Name | |
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Afrikaans | stokvisdiepwater stokvis | [details] |
Danish | kulmule | [details] |
Dutch | diepwaterheek | [details] |
English | hakedeepwater hakedeep-water Cape hake | [details] |
French | merlu profondmerlu du large du Cap | [details] |
German | Tiefenwasser-KapseechechtSeehecht | [details] |
Polish | morszczuk atlantycki | [details] |
Portuguese | pescada do sudoeste africanopescadamarmota | [details] |
Spanish | merluza de cantilmerluza de altura del Cabo | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (63 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Merluccius capensis paradoxus Franca, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius capensis paradoxus Franca, 1960)
To FishBase images (Merluccius paradoxus, by Bañón Díaz, R.)
To GenBank (701 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Merluccius capensis paradoxus Franca, 1960)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius merluccius paradoxus Franca, 1960)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius capensis paradoxus Franca, 1960)
To FishBase images (Merluccius paradoxus, by Bañón Díaz, R.)
To GenBank (701 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS