| Umgangssprachlicher Name | Merlu du large |
| Language | French |
| Typ | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Land | France |
| Fundort | |
| Ref. | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990 |
| Lebensstadium | juveniles and adults |
| Geschlecht | females and males |
| Core | |
| Erster Bezug | |
| Zweiter Bezug | |
| 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). |