Species that contain: Merluccius and hubbsi [ 2 ] records

hubbsi, Merluccius Marini [T. L.] 1933:322 [4], Fig. [Physis (Buenos Aires) v. 11 (no. 39); ref. 16499] Buenos Aires, Argentina. Holotype: UMMZ/MACN (presumed lost). Paratypes: BMNH 1935.8.29.14-15 [ex USNM 77291] (2); UMMZ 95461 (1); USNM 43388 (15, disintegrated), 77291(40), 77292 (1). On p. 4 of separate. Based on specimens and literature. •Valid as Merluccius hubbsi Marini 1933 -- (Inada in Nakamura et al. 1986:124 [ref. 14235], Pequeño 1989:45 [ref. 14125], Inada in Cohen et al. 1990:337 [ref. 18936], Lloris & Rucabado 1991:61 [ref. 22530], Andreata & Séret 1996:583 [ref. 16204], López et al. 1996:23 [ref. 23681], Roldán et al. 1999:82 [ref. 27164], Cousseau & Perrotta 2000:74 [ref. 25942], Roldán & Pla 2001:81 [ref. 25231], Grant & Leslie 2001:700 [ref. 25592], López et al. 2002:63 [ref. 26808], Lloris & Matallanas 2003:326 [ref. 27166], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:63 [ref. 27192], Lloris et al. 2003:30 [ref. 27698], Matallanas & Lloris 2006:198 [ref. 28491], Melo et al. 2010:40 [ref. 30775], Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2011:1343 [ref. 31296], Mabragaña et al. 2011:table S2 [ref. 31800], Costa et al. 2015:1061 [ref. 37495], Deli Antoni et al. 2015:30 [ref. 33798], Nión et al. 2016:40 [ref. 35565], Spier et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36103], Kim et al. 2021:90 [ref. 39117], Pérez et al. 2021:7 [ref. 39639], Carvalho-Filho 2023:77 [ref. 40480], Chiaramonte et al. 2023:210 [ref. 40423], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Merluccius hubbsi Marini 1933. Merlucciidae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) south to southern Argentina. IUCN (2023): Not assessed. Habitat: marine.

patagonicus, Merluccius Lloris [D.] & Matallanas [J.] 2003:324, Fig. 1 [Scientia Marina v. 67 (no. 3); ref. 27166] Argentine Sea, near Comodoro Rivadavia, 45°30'S, 65°30'W, depth 95 meters. Holotype: CMIMA-CSIC IIPB 500/2001. Paratypes: CMIMA-CSIC IIPB 501-504/2001 (4, 1 dissected). Plus non-type material. •Valid as Merluccius patagonicus Lloris & Matallanas 2003 -- (Lloris et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27698], Matallanas & Lloris 2006:198 [ref. 28491]). •Synonym of Merluccius hubbsi Marini 1933 -- (Díaz de Astarloa et al. 2011:1355 [ref. 31296]). Current status: Synonym of Merluccius hubbsi Marini 1933. Merlucciidae. Habitat: marine.