MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Merlangius Garsault, 1764

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Merlangius Garsault, 1764

AphiaID

125734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125734)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gadidae Rafinesque, 1810

Synonymised names

Merlangus Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817 · unaccepted

Odontogadus Gill, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)

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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)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

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]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Merlangius Garsault, 1764. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125734 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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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]

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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]

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]

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Introduced: alien

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