| Nom Commun | Merluche blanche |
| Langue | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Nom commercial officiel | No |
| Rang | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Pays | France |
| Localité | |
| Réf. | Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990 |
| Stade de développement | juveniles and adults |
| Sexe | females and males |
| Racine | other/n.a. |
| 1er modificateur | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modificateur | |
| Remarques | '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); 'blanches', i.e., white, from Francique 'blank' (German 'blank'), i.e., shiny (p. 91 in Ref. 9404). |