| Common name | Merluza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | Spain |
| Locality | Alboran Sea |
| Ref. | Sánchez, F., F. de la Gándara and R. Gancedo, 1995 |
| Life stage | juveniles |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other/n.a. |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'merluza' 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). Name used in fish markets in Malaga, Almeria and applied to large size fish (Ref. 39205). Also Ref. 1371. |