Species that contain: Merluccius and capensis [ 2 ] records

capensis, Merluccius Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:68 [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] South Africa. No types known. •Valid as Merluccius capensis Castelnau 1861 -- (Cohen 1986:325 [ref. 5646], Cohen 1990:532 [ref. 15766], Inada in Cohen et al. 1990:335 [ref. 18936], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:141 [ref. 25472], Roldán et al. 1999:82 [ref. 27164], Grant & Leslie 2001:700 [ref. 25592], Lloris et al. 2003:26 [ref. 27698], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:118 [ref. 28072], Lloris et al. 2016:2010 [ref. 34587], Pérez et al. 2021:7 [ref. 39639], Fermon et al. 2022:196 [ref. 39448] with question, Heemstra 2022:241 [ref. 39704]). Current status: Valid as Merluccius capensis Castelnau 1861. Merlucciidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic and southwestern Indian Ocean: Angola south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Habitat: marine.

paradoxus, Merluccius capensis Franca [P. da] 1960:28 [Memórias da Junta de Investigações Científicas do Ultramar. 2a. sér. Lisboa No. 18; ref. 19683] Off Namibia and western South Africa, southeastern Atlantic, 27°37.0'S, 27°07.0'S, and 29°51.7'S. •Valid as Merluccius paradoxus Franca 1960 -- (Cohen 1986:326 [ref. 5646], Maurin 1990:535 [ref. 15767], Inada in Cohen et al. 1990:340 [ref. 18936], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:141 [ref. 25472], Roldán et al. 1999:82 [ref. 27164], Grant & Leslie 2001:700 [ref. 25592], Lloris et al. 2003:35 [ref. 27698], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:118 [ref. 28072], Lloris et al. 2016:2012 [ref. 34587], Pérez et al. 2021:7 [ref. 39639], Heemstra 2022:242 [ref. 39704]). Current status: Valid as Merluccius paradoxus Franca 1960. Merlucciidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic, southwestern Indian Ocean: Namibia south to Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), then north to KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), east to Madagascar Ridge. Habitat: marine.