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Whiting

Merluccius productus (Ayres, 1855)

Status not recordedbony fish

The whiting (Merluccius productus) is a species in the family Merlucciidae, order Gadiformes.

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Quick facts about the whiting

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the whiting live?

Not recorded

Is the whiting endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the whiting classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderGadiformes
  5. familyMerlucciidae
  6. genusMerluccius
  7. SpeciesMerluccius productus (Ayres, 1855)

Synonyms Homalopomus trowbridgii, Merlangus productus

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • North Pacific hakeEnglish
  • Pacific hakeEnglish
  • Pacific whitingEnglish
  • štikozubec tichooceánskýCzech
  • kulmuleDanish
  • SeehechtGerman
  • bakaliaroGreek
  • merluzaSpanish
  • kaliforninkummeliturskaFinnish
  • merlu du PacifiqueFrench
  • nasello dei PacificoItalian
  • シロガネダラJapanese
  • Pacifische heekDutch
  • kalifornisk lysingNorwegian
  • pescada do PacificoPortuguese
  • Орегонская мерлузаRussian
  • Kalifornisk kummelSwedish
  • pasifik berlamiTurkish
  • Nordpazifischer SeehechtGerman
  • PazifikhechtGerman
  • Merluza del PacíficoSpanish
  • merluza del Pacifico norteSpanish
  • Merluza del Pacífico norteSpanish
  • merluza norteñaSpanish
  • merluza pacifica norteamericanaSpanish
  • Merluzza pacifica norteamericanaSpanish
  • merlu du Pacifique nordFrench
  • Merluza-da-CalifórniaPortuguese
  • pescada do Pacifico nortePortuguese
  • тихоокеанская северная мерлузаRussian
  • тихоокеанский хек (морской налим)Russian
  • Тихоокеанская (орегонская) мерлузаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the whiting

Other species in the same genus Merluccius.

LC, Least Concern
Hake (Merluccius merluccius)

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Merlucciidae

Hake

Merluccius bilinearis

MerlucciidaeNo free photo yet

Hake

Merluccius capensis

MerlucciidaeNo free photo yet

Hake

Merluccius paradoxus

MerlucciidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the whiting?

The whiting (Merluccius productus) belongs to the family Merlucciidae in the order Gadiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Whiting (Merluccius productus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/merluccius-productus

MLA

“Whiting (Merluccius productus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/merluccius-productus.

BibTeX
@misc{merluccius_productus_2026,
  title = {Whiting (Merluccius productus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/merluccius-productus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}