Following up to Judith Umbria

>In Italian cod is merluzzo. Is there a Spanish word similar? Bacalao is
>baccala', so it would seem the fish might be as similar in name.

Yes, but "merluza" in Spain is hake (Merluccius
merluccius), a relative of the cod and found everywhere, fresh,
probably Spains favourite fish?
That's "whiting" in US I understand, which in UK is "silver hake"
(uncommon?) while "whiting" in UK is Merlangius merlangus,
another close relative which is "merlan" in Spain and "merlano"
in Italy.
There is also "bacaladilla" in Spain, the blue whiting, although
i've not seen it there. I wont start on the white blueting.....

Its rather interesting that fresh cod and haddock abound in UK,
while in Spain hake takes that role, (all thee and all the above
being related members of the "gadidae" cod family) and in spain
salt cod is common while rare in UK (where I think it would be
called stockfish?).
That wasn't bad for off the top of my head, was it? <strolls off
whistling>
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