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Merluccius merluccius (Linnaeus, 1758)

European hake
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Greece country information

Common names: Bacaliàros, Bakaliáros, Mpakaliaros
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Tsimenides, N., G. Tserpes, A. Machias and A. Kallianiotis, 1991
Importance: minor commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Cretan shelf (Ref. 40188). Recorded from the Eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 95775). Also Ref. 1371. Also Ref. 40188.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gr.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Papaconstantinou, C., 2014
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Merlu européen, Merluza europea, Мерлуза восточноатлантическая, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Gadiformes (Cods) > Merlucciidae (Merluccid hakes)
Etymology: Merluccius: Latin, mar, maris = the sea + Latin, lucius = pike (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 18 - 1075 m (Ref. 58452), usually 70 - 400 m (Ref. 35388).   Temperate; 76°N - 18°N, 30°W - 42°E (Ref. 58452)

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