Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758)

Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, Zootaxa 4775 (1), pp. 1-157 : 47

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4346849
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758)
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Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL —European hake

Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Merluccius merluccius View in CoL , L. by Gruvel (1931: 80); subsequently recorded as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL by George et al. (1964: 14); as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL by Mouneimné (1977: 62); as Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL by Mouneimné (2002: 92–93); recently by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Material in collection: AUBM and USNM.

Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Norway and Iceland south to Mauritania.

Conservation. IUCN: Global ( LC: 1 October 2015); Med. (VU: A2bd, 13 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, NIS, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action .