North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818)

AphiaID

158748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158748)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Merluccius Rafinesque, 1810

Original name

Gadus albidus Mitchill, 1818

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 2): 407-412.
page(s): 409 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158748 on 2026-09-13

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Merluccius albidus (Mitchill, 1818). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158748 on 2026-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 07:39:43Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of ) Mitchill, S. L. (1818). Description of three species of fish. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. v. 1 (pt 2): 407-412.
page(s): 409 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]

additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]