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Merluccius patagonicus

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Species of fish

Merluccius patagonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Merlucciidae
Genus: Merluccius
Species: M. patagonicus
Binomial name
Merluccius patagonicus
Lloris & Matallanas, 2003

Merluccius patagonicus, the Patagonian hake, is a species of fish from the family Merlucciidae from the western South Atlantic which was described in 2003. However some authorities consider the distinguishing features of M. patagonicus to be within the range of variability for M. hubbsi and that M. patagonicus is therefore a synonym of M. hubbsi.

Males have a maximum recorded length of 56.2 cm (22.1 in) while females are known to grow up to a maximum length of 71 cm (28 in). This species lives to a maximum depth of 95 metres (312 feet).

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Merluccius patagonicus". FishBase. February 2018 version.
  2. Domingo Lloris; Jesús Matallanas (2003). "Description of a new species of hake: Merluccius patagonicus sp. nov. (Gadiformes: Merlucciidae) from the waters of Argentina" (PDF). Scientia Marina. 67 (3): 323–326. doi:10.3989/scimar.2003.67n3323.
  3. Díaz de Astarloa JM; Bezzi SI; González Castro M; et al. (2011). "Morphological, morphometric, meristic and osteological evidence for two species of hake (Actinopterygii: Gadiformes: Merluccius) in Argentinean waters". Journal of Fish Biology. 78 (5): 1336–1358. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02937.x. PMID 21539546. Abstract
Taxon identifiers
Merluccius patagonicus


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