ambiguus, Merlucius Lowe [R. T.] 1841:37 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840 (pt. 8, no. 89); ref. 2830] Madeira. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Original genus should have been Merluccius. •Synonym of Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Svetovidov 1973:300 [ref. 7169], Maurin 1990:534 [ref. 15767], Inada in Cohen et al. 1990:339 [ref. 18936], Lloris et al. 2016:2011 [ref. 34587]). •Synonym of Gadella maraldi (Risso 1810) -- (Cohen 1973:323 [ref. 6589], Cohen 1990:521 [ref. 15766], Iwamoto & Cohen 2016:1998 [ref. 34586] spelled ambiguous). Current status: Synonym of Gadella maraldi (Risso 1810). Merlucciidae. Habitat: marine.