berglax, Macrourus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:169, 170, Pl. 10 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Greenland, Iceland, North Atlantic. No types known. Based on multiple sources including Macrourus rupestris (non Gunnerus 1765) Bloch 1792 and Coryphaenoides rupestris Gunnerus 1765, restricted by authors to Bloch species which was illustrated on Pl. 10 (fig. 1). •Valid as Macrourus berglax Lacepède 1801 -- (Marshall 1973:296 [ref. 7194], Geistdoerfer in Whitehead et al. 1986:666 [ref. 13676], Scott & Scott 1988:300 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:123 [ref. 14674], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:235 [ref. 18936], Trunov & Konstantinov 1990:46 [ref. 22872], Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:128 [ref. 22531], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:213 [ref. 26158], Moore et al. 2003:210 [ref. 27076], Nelson et al. 2004:92 [ref. 27807], Møller et al. 2010:37 [ref. 31169], McMillan et al. 2012:2 [ref. 31767], Page et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2013:168 [ref. 33547], Afonso et al. 2016:30, 215 [ref. 36199], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:118 [ref. 36370], Carneiro et al. 2019:136 [ref. 37250], Simian et al. 2022:375 [ref. 40776], Page et al. 2023:101 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Macrourus berglax Lacepède 1801. Macrouridae. Distribution: North Atlantic and adjacent Arctic regions. Habitat: marine.