Animal Diversity Web

Merluccius australis

Blue whiting

(Also: Chilean hake; Hake; New Zealand hake; Patagonian hake)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Gadiformes
        
        Family Merlucciidae (Merluccid hakes)
        
        Genus Merluccius
        
        Species Merluccius australis (Blue whiting)