MERLUCCIIDAE 4S 



/?. 10 to 14 (15) gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch; pectoral with 13 or 

 14 rays. 



* 100 to no scales in a longitudinal series; first dorsal with 12 or 13 rays; 

 pelvic extending § to § of distance from its base to vent ... ... bilinearis. 



** 130 to 140 scales in a longitudinal series; first dorsal with 10 or n rays; 

 pelvic extending f to I of distance from its base to vent ... ... capensis. 



II. 155 to 165 scales in a longitudinal series; eye 6 to 7J in head (in specimens of 340-350 mm.); 



10 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch ; pectoral extending to vent or beyond . . . australis. 



Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus). 



Gadus merluccius, Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 254. 



Gadus ruber, Lacepede, 1803, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, p. 671. 



Merluccius smiridus, Rafinesque, 1810, Car. n. gen., p. 25. 



Gadus merlus, Risso, 1810, Ichth. Nice, p. 122. 



Gadus maraldi, Risso, 1810, t.c, p. 123. 



Onus riali, Rafinesque, 1810, Ind. itt. Sicil., p. 12. 



Merluccius vulgaris, Cloquet, 1824, Diet. Sci. Nat., xxx, p. 168; Fleming, 1828, Brit. Anim., 



p. 195 ; Giinther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 344; Carus, 1889-93, Prodr. Faun. Medit., 11, p. 573. 

 Gadus merluccius [argentatus], Faber, 1829, Naturg. Fische Islands, p. 91. 

 Merlucius ambiguus, Lowe, 1840, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 37. 

 Merlucius sinuatus, Swainson, 1840, in Lowe, t.c, p. 38. 

 Merlucius lanatus, Gronovius, 1854, Cat. Fish., ed. Gray, p. 130. 

 Epicopus gayi, Giinther, i860, Cat. Fish., 11, p. 248. 

 Merluccius argentatus, Giinther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 346. 

 Merluccius linnaei, Malm, 1877, Goteborgs Bohus. Faun., p. 489. 

 Merluccius merluccius, Smitt, 1893, Scand. Fish., 1, p. 515, pi. xxv, fig. 1 ; Jordan and Evermann, 



1898, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., xlvii (3), p. 2530. 

 Merlucius merluccius, Le Danois, 1920, Notes Mem. Off. Sci. Tech. Peches Marit., 11; Belloc, 



1929, Rev. Trav. Peches Marit., 11, p. 180, figs. [q.v. for full synonymy]. 

 Trachinoides moroccanus, Borodin, 1934, Bull. Vanderbilt Mar. Mus., 1 (4), p. 120, pi. ii, figs. 2, 3. 



Depth of body 5^- to b\ in the length, length of head 3^ to 3§. Snout i| times to 

 more than twice as long as eye, diameter of which is 5 (young) to 7 in length of head ; 

 interorbital width about 4. Maxillary extending to below middle (young) or posterior 

 edge of eye, length rather less than \ length of head. 7 or 8 gill-rakers on lower part 

 of anterior arch. About 135 to 150 scales in a longitudinal series below lateral line. 

 Dorsal (9) 10-11,36-40; anal 36-39. Pectoral with (12) 13-14 rays, extending to or 

 nearly to vent, length if to if in that of head. Pelvic extending f to | of the distance 

 from its base to the vent, length if to about twice in that of head; insertion of pelvic 

 equidistant from origin of anal and tip of lower jaw or a little nearer to the former. 



Hab. Coasts of Europe from Norway to the Mediterranean ; Greenland and Iceland ; 

 coasts of northern and north-western Africa ; Madeira. 



Described from 15 specimens, 120-800 mm. in total length. 



Merluccius hubbsi, Marini. 



Merluccius gayi (non Guichenot), Perugia, 1891, Ann. Mus. Civ. stor. nat. Genova (2) x [xxx], 

 p. 627; Berg, 1895, Anal. Mus. Nac. B. Aires, iv, p. 74; Thompson, 1916, Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus., l, p. 417; Devincenzi, 1924, Anal. Mus. Montevideo, (n) 1 (5), p. 272; Fowler, 1927, 

 Proc. Acad. N.S. Philad., lxxviii, p. 274. 



