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Catalog of Fishes
 W.N. Eschmeyer
California Academy of Sciences
Revised version of June 2007 		California Academy of Sciences Logo
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) FishBase
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Lotidae
Genus:
Molva       Gender: feminine CAS GEN No: 1096
Author: Lesueur , 1819 p.: 159 CAS REF No: 12573
Type: Gadus molva       Linnaeus , 1758
 
Comments: Text somewhat unclear; if *Gadus molva* was included on p. 160, then type is by absolute tautonymy. Also spelled *Molvia* and *Molua* in early literature. Valid as *Molva* Lesueur 1819 -- (Svetovidov 1973:313 [ref. 7169], Fahay & Markle 1984:266 [ref. 13653], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:702 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:63 [ref. 18936]).
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Current Genus: Molva Lesueur 1819       Show current species
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