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Species in the genus Merlangius: [ 5 ] records

candidus, Asellus Cetti [F.] 1777:100 [Anfibi e pesci di Sardegna; ref. 18872] Not available, name only, no diagnosis, from Sardegna [Sardinia, Italy]. •In the synonymy of Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus 1758). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus 1758). Gadidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

euxinus, Gadus Nordmann [A. von] 1840:526, Pl. 26 (fig. 2) [Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée; ref. 3209] Balaclava, Crimea, Ukraine, Black Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies -- (Svetovidov 1973:307 [ref. 7169], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:689 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:56 [ref. 18936], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26753]). •Synonym of Odontogadus merlangus (Linnaeus 1758) but a valid subspecies euxinus (Nordmann 1840) -- (Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:168 [ref. 31251]). •Valid as Merlangius merlanguis, subspecies euxinus (Nordmann 1840) -- (Parin et al. 2014:176 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus 1758). Gadidae. Distribution: Black Sea and Sea of Azov, Sea of Marmara, Mediterranean Sea: Aegean Sea (subspecies euxinus). Habitat: brackish, marine.

linnei, Merlangus Malm [A. W.] 1877:485 [ ref. 2881] Original as Linnéi. Tentatively regarded as an unneeded replacement name for Gadus merlangus Linnaeus 1758 (to avoid "Strickland tautonomy"). Locality Sweden. •Synonym of Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Svetovidov 1973:307 [ref. 7169], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:56 [ref. 18936]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus 1758). Gadidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

merlangus, Gadus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:253 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] European sea. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.165-166 [Gronovius coll.] (2, skins). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:217 [ref. 13434], and see Wheeler 1991:165 [ref. 20102]. •Valid as Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Svetovidov 1973:307 [ref. 7169], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:688 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:56 [ref. 18936], Carr et al. 1999:20 [ref. 24219], Fricke 2007:26 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:64 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:56 [ref. 30517], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:29 [ref. 36649], Møller et al. 2010:41 [ref. 31169], Page et al. 2013:93 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:176 [ref. 33547] subspecies merlanguis, Mecklenburg et al. 2018:154 [ref. 36370], Martins & Carneiro 2018:44 [ref. 36550], Artüz & Fricke 2019:554 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:143 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38576], Bañón & Maño 2021:60 [ref. 38883], Kovačić et al. 2021:29 [ref. 39014], Niță et al. 2022:45 [ref. 40471]). Current status: Valid as Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus 1758). Gadidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; northeastern Atlantic and adjacent fringes of Arctic regions. Habitat: brackish, marine.

vulgaris, Merlangus Fleming [J.] 1828:195 [A history of British animals; ref. 1339] British Isles. No types known. Based in part on Gadus merlangus Linnaeus 1758. •Synonym of Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Svetovidov 1973:307 [ref. 7169], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:56 [ref. 18936]). Current status: Synonym of Merlangius merlangus (Linnaeus 1758). Gadidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.