WoRMS taxon details
Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872)
272452 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272452)
accepted
Species
Gadus australis Hutton, 1872 · unaccepted
Merlangius australis (Hutton, 1872) · unaccepted
Merluccius australis australis (Hutton, 1872) · unaccepted
Merluccius australis polylepis Ginsburg, 1954 · unaccepted
Merluccius gayi australis (Hutton, 1872) · unaccepted
Merluccius gayi polylepis Ginsburg, 1954 · unaccepted
Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Merluccius australis polylepis Ginsburg, 1954 accepted as Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gadus australis Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F. W. (1872). Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species. <em>Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington.</em> 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12. [details]
Type locality contained in Cook Strait
type locality contained in Cook Strait [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272452 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gadus australis Hutton, 1872) Hutton, F. W. (1872). Fishes of New Zealand. Catalogue with diagnoses of the species. <em>Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department. Wellington.</em> 1-93 + 95-133, Pls. 1-12. [details]
original description (of Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954) Ginsburg, I. (1954). Whitings on the coasts of the American continent. <em>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Bulletin.</em> 56 (96): 187-208. [details]
original description (of Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954) Ginsburg, I. (1954). Whitings on the coasts of the American continent. <em>United States Fish and Wildlife Service Fishery Bulletin.</em> 56 (96): 187-208. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates. [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Lloris, D.; Matallanas, J.; Oliver P. (2005). Hakes of the world (Family Merlucciidae). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of hake species known to date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 2. Rome, FAO. 57p. 12 colour plates. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Paratype (of Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954) USNM 157765, geounit Chile [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Australische heek | [details] |
| English | whitingsouthern hakePatagonian hakehakeChilean hake | [details] |
| French | merlu austral | [details] |
| German | südlicher Seehecht | [details] |
| Japanese | ヒタチダラnyujiirando-heikuhitachi darahitachi | [details] |
| Spanish | merluzónmerluza españolamerluza del surmerluza australmaltona | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Gadus australis Hutton, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius australis australis) (from synonym Merluccius australis australis (Hutton, 1872))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius australis polylepis) (from synonym Merluccius australis polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius australis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius polylepis) (from synonym Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus australis Hutton, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius australis polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlangius australis (Hutton, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius gayi australis (Hutton, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius gayi polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To FishBase images (Merluccius australis, by SeaFIC)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius australis polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius australis australis (Hutton, 1872))
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Gadus australis Hutton, 1872)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Gadus australis Hutton, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius australis australis) (from synonym Merluccius australis australis (Hutton, 1872))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius australis polylepis) (from synonym Merluccius australis polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius australis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merluccius polylepis) (from synonym Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gadus australis Hutton, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius australis polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Merlangius australis (Hutton, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius gayi australis (Hutton, 1872))
To FishBase (from synonym Merluccius gayi polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To FishBase images (Merluccius australis, by SeaFIC)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius australis polylepis Ginsburg, 1954)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Merluccius australis australis (Hutton, 1872))
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Gadus australis Hutton, 1872)
To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To ITIS
