Biology:Gaidropsarus

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Gaidropsarus is a genus of gaidropsarid[1] fishes, with these currently recognized species:[2]

  • Gaidropsarus argentatus (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
  • Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
  • Gaidropsarus capensis (Kaup, 1858) (Cape rockling)
  • Gaidropsarus ensis (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (threadfin rockling)
  • Gaidropsarus granti (Regan, 1903) (Azores rockling)
  • Gaidropsarus guttatus (Collett, 1890)
  • Gaidropsarus insularum Sivertsen, 1945 (comb rockling)
  • Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867) (bigeye rockling)
  • Gaidropsarus mauritanicus (Knorrn, 2024)
  • Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) (shore rockling)
  • Gaidropsarus novaezealandiae (Hector, 1874) (New Zealand ling)
  • Gaidropsarus pacificus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
  • Gaidropsarus pakhorukovi Shcherbachev, 1995
  • Gaidropsarus parini Svetovidov (ru), 1986
  • Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Cloquet, 1824) (three-bearded rockling)

The following fossil species are also known:

The generic name derives from the Ancient Greek roots γῆ (, earth); υδρο- (hydro-, "water"); and ψαρός (psaros, "speckled").[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1007334 entry