| Common name | Merlu commun |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Territory | France |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Dorel, D., 1986 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
| 1st modifier | |
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| Remarks | 'Merlu' from Old French 'merle' from Low Latin 'merulus' and Classical Latin 'merula', 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); 'commun'; i.e., common, from Latin 'communis', i.e., of a group (p. 182 in Ref. 9404). |