Merluccius is a genus of merluccid hakes from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, where mainly found relatively deep.
The generic name is derived from French mer ("sea") and Latin lucius, "pike."
Species
The 13 recognized species in this genus are:
- Merluccius albidus <small>(Mitchill, 1818)</small> (offshore silver hake)
- Merluccius angustimanus <small>Garman, 1899</small> (Panama hake)
- Merluccius australis <small>(F. W. Hutton, 1872)</small> (southern hake)
- Merluccius bilinearis <small>(Mitchill, 1814)</small> (silver hake)
- Merluccius capensis <small>Castelnau, 1861</small> (shallow-water Cape hake)
- Merluccius gayi <small>(Guichenot, 1848)</small>
- M. g. gayi <small>(Guichenot, 1848)</small> (South Pacific hake)
- M. g. peruanus <small>Ginsburg, 1954</small> (Peruvian hake)
- Merluccius hubbsi <small>Marini, 1933</small> (Argentine hake)
- Merluccius merluccius <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (European hake)
- Merluccius paradoxus <small>Franca, 1960</small> (deep-water cape hake)
- Merluccius patagonicus <small>Lloris & Matallanas, 2003</small> (Patagonian hake)
- Merluccius polli <small>Cadenat, 1950</small> (Benguela hake)
- Merluccius productus <small>(Ayres, 1855)</small> (North Pacific hake)
- Merluccius senegalensis <small>Cadenat, 1950</small> (Senegalese hake)
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