Family Merluccidae (hake)
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merluccidae
Parent taxon: Gadiformes according to G. Carnevale and S. J. Godfrey 2018
See also Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Bathygadidae, Brosme, Euclichthyidae, Gadoidei, Gaidropsaridae, Lota, Macrouroidei, Macruroididae, Macruronidae, Maorigadus, Melanonidae, Muraenolepididae, Paratichthys, Pollachius, Pseudoraniceps, Ranicipitidae, Rankinian, Squalogadus, Trachyrhynchus, Trichurides
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Merluccidae in the database