smiridus, Merluccius Rafinesque [C. S.] 1810:25 [Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia; ref. 3594] Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Also appeared in Rafinesque 1810:12 [ref. 3595] as Onus smiridus. •Synonym of Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies smiridus Rafinesque 1810 -- (Lloris et al. 2003:32, 33 [ref. 27698] as a valid subspecies, Lloris et al. 2016:2011 [ref. 34587]). •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], Parenti 2019:103 [ref. 37117]). Current status: Synonym of Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758). Merlucciidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.