vulgaris, Merluccius Fleming [J.] 1828:195 [A history of British animals; ref. 1339] Southern coast of England and Ireland. No types known. •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], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:53 [ref. 26753], Lloris et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27698], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:30 [ref. 36649], Lloris et al. 2016:2011 [ref. 34587], Artüz & Fricke 2019:554 [ref. 36612]). Current status: Synonym of Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758). Merlucciidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.