| Common name | Merluche |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | France |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other/n.a. |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'merluche' from Old French 'merle' (i.e., a bird with black feathers of the Order Passeriformes; Ref. 27838) from Latin 'merulus' and 'merula', i.e., a blackbird or a sea-carp (Ref. 27838), also from Provençal 'merlus' which is a cross of Old French 'merle' and 'lus' (from Latin 'lucius', i.e., pike) (p. 459 in Ref, 9404). |