Merlucciidae

Merluccius bilinearis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gadiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii Series: Zeiogadaria Subseries: Gadariae Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Merlucciidae
Genera: Lyconodes – Lyconus – Macruronus – Merluccius – Steindachneria – †Macrurulus – †Rhinocephalus

Name

Merlucciidae Rafinesque, 1815

• Type genus: Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810

Notes

Subfamiliae rank (Merlucciinae, Macruroninae, Steindachneriinae) disputed.

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page. 

References

• Crous, M. & Roldán, M.I. 2015: Characterization of mitochondrial control region in Merlucciidae: sequence variation and molecular phylogeny. Zootaxa 3972(3): 393–406. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3972.3.5 Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World, fourth edition. John Wiley, Hoboken, 624 pp. ISBN 0-471-25031-7. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9. Reference page. 

Links

• Merlucciidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

日本語: メルルーサ科
polski: morszczukowate

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