Merluccius tasmanicus

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Merluccius tasmanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Merlucciidae
Genus: Merluccius
Species:
M. tasmanicus
Binomial name
Merluccius tasmanicus
Matallanas & Lloris, 2006[1]

Merluccius tasmanicus is a species of fish from the family Merlucciidae from the western Pacific and south-eastern Pacific and south-western Atlantic which was described in 2006.[1] It is however considered to be synonymous with Merluccius australis by some authorities.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Merluccius tasmanicus" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
  2. ^ Mariana Y. Del Antoni; Matias Delpiani; Andrew L. Stewart & Juan Martin Díaz de Astarloa (2015). "Merluccius tasmanicus Matallanas & Lloris 2006 is a junior synonym of M. australis (Hutton 1872) (Gadiformes: Merluciidae) based on morphological and molecular data". Zootaxa. 3956 (1): 029–055. Abstract.