pertusus, Merlangus Cocco [A.] 1829:140 [Giornale di Scienze Lettere e Arti per La Sicilia Anno 7, v. 26 (no. 77); ref. 857] Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. •Synonym of Micromesistius poutassou (Risso 1827) -- (Svetovidov 1973:308 [ref. 7169], Cohen 1990:528 [ref. 15766], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:61 [ref. 18936] as pertusis, Iwamoto & Cohen 2016:2033 [ref. 34586] as pertusis). Current status: Synonym of Micromesistius poutassou (Risso 1827). Gadidae. Habitat: marine.