{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Merluccius productus1.jpg | image_caption = ''Merluccius productus'' | taxon = Merluccius | authority = Rafinesque, 1810 | type_species = ''Merluccius smiridus'' | type_species_authority = Rafinesque, 1810 | range_map = Merluccius sp mapa.svg | range_map_caption = Distribution of American ''Merluccius spp''. | synonyms = *''Epicopus'' <small>Günther, 1860</small> *''Homalopomus'' <small>Girard, 1856</small> *''Huttonichthys'' <small>Whitley, 1937</small> *''Hydronus'' <small>Minding, 1832</small> *''Merlangus'' <small>Rafinesque, 1810</small> *''Merlucius'' Gronow, 1854 *''Merlus'' <small>Guichenot, 1848</small> *''Onus'' <small>Rafinesque, 1810</small> *''Polydatus'' <small>Gistel, 1848</small> *''Stomodon'' <small>Mitchill, 1814</small> *''Trachinoides'' <small>Borodin, 1934</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = CofF>{{Catalog of Fishes | family=Merlucciidae | accessdate = 27 February 2026}}</ref> }}
'''''Merluccius''''' is a genus of merluccid hakes from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, where mainly found relatively deep.
The generic name is derived from French ''mer'' ("sea") and Latin ''lucius'', "pike."<ref>{{FishBase |Merluccius|merluccius}}</ref>
==Species== The 13 recognized species in this genus are:<ref name = CofG>{{Cof genus| Merluccius | accessdate = 27 February 2026}}</ref> * ''Merluccius albidus'' <small>(Mitchill, 1818)</small> (offshore silver hake) * ''Merluccius angustimanus'' <small>Garman, 1899</small> (Panama hake) * ''Merluccius australis'' <small>(F. W. Hutton, 1872)</small> (southern hake) * ''Merluccius bilinearis'' <small>(Mitchill, 1814)</small> (silver hake) * ''Merluccius capensis'' <small>Castelnau, 1861</small> (shallow-water Cape hake) * ''Merluccius gayi'' <small>(Guichenot, 1848)</small> ** ''M. g. gayi'' <small>(Guichenot, 1848)</small> (South Pacific hake) ** ''M. g. peruanus'' <small>Ginsburg, 1954</small> (Peruvian hake) * ''Merluccius hubbsi'' <small>Marini, 1933</small> (Argentine hake) * ''Merluccius merluccius'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (European hake) * ''Merluccius paradoxus'' <small>Franca, 1960</small> (deep-water cape hake) * ''Merluccius patagonicus'' <small>Lloris & Matallanas, 2003</small> (Patagonian hake) * ''Merluccius polli'' <small>Cadenat, 1950</small> (Benguela hake) * ''Merluccius productus'' <small>(Ayres, 1855)</small> (North Pacific hake) * ''Merluccius senegalensis'' <small>Cadenat, 1950</small> (Senegalese hake) ;Synonyms * ''Merluccius hernandezi'' <small>C. P. Mathews, 1985</small> (Cortez hake); valid as ''M. productus'' * ''Merluccius tasmanicus'' <small>Matallanas & Lloris, 2006</small>; valid as ''M. australis''<ref name=Deli2015>{{cite journal|author=Deli Antoni, M.Y.|author2= Delpiani, S.M.|author3= Stewart, A.L.|author4= González-Castro, M. |author5= Díaz De Astarloa, J.M. |year=2015|title= ''Merluccius tasmanicus'' Matallanas & Lloris 2006 is a junior synonym of ''M. australis'' (Hutton 1872) (Gadiformes: Merluciidae) based on morphological and molecular data|journal=Zootaxa|volume= 3956 |issue=1|pages= 29–55}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Merluccius Category:Merlucciidae Category:Marine fish genera Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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