lanatus, Merlucius Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:130 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] Mediterranean Sea; off Spain; Marseille, France, northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.113 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin) "Mare Marsiliense". Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:217 [ref. 13434] but as holotype. •Synonym of Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Wheeler 1958:217 [ref. 13434], Svetovidov 1973:300 [ref. 7169], Maurin 1990:534 [ref. 15767], Inada in Cohen et al. 1990:339 [ref. 18936], Lloris et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27698], Lloris et al. 2016:2011 [ref. 34587] with author as Gronov). Current status: Synonym of Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758). Merlucciidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.