Genus Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810

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External Links

• Merluccius Rafinesque, C.S. 1810. Caratteri di alcuni Nouvi Generi e Nouve Specie di Animali e Piante della Sicilia con varie Osservazioni sopra i Medesimi. Sanfilippo, Palermo. 105, pl. 1-20 [25].

  Type species:

   Meruccius smiridus Rafinesque, 1810 by monotypy (= Gadus merluccius Linnaeus, 1758).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Atlantic Indo-west Pacific and east Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), West Tasmania Transition (9)

General References

Grant, W.S. & Leslie, R.W. 2001. Inter-ocean dispersal is an important mechanism in the zoogeography of hakes (Pisces: Merluccius spp.). Journal of Biogeography 28: 699-721

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Nov-2015	GADIFORMES	13-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED