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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Merlangius
Garsault, 1764
(fish)
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Entity:
Gadidae (Family) - cods and haddocks
..Arctogadus (Genus)
..Boreogadus (Genus)
..Eleginus (Genus)
..Gadiculus (Genus)
..Gadus (Genus)
..Melanogrammus (Genus)
..Microgadus (Genus)
..Micromesistius (Genus)
..Pollachius (Genus)
..Trisopterus (Genus)
..Merlangius (Genus)
....Merlangius merlangus (Species) - English whiting
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
F.A.P. de Garsault, [1764]
Original name
:
de Garsault, F.A.P. [1764].
Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en Medecine, décrits dans la Matiere Medicale de Mr. Geoffroy Medecin
: pl. 661.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Attributes
Genus-group name without associated nominal species [ICZN, 1999: Art. 11.4.1]
Types
Type
:
Merlangius merlangus
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Variants
Incorrect authorship
:
Merlangius
(Genus)
Geoffroy, 1767
Ref:
F.W. Welter-Schultes & R. Klug, 2009
[
new
]
Synonyms
In
:
Gadus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wijtingen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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