Biology:Gaidropsarus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Gaidropsarus
Gaidropsarus ensis.jpg
Threadfin rockling (G. ensis)
Gaidropsarus vulgaris.jpg
Three-bearded rockling (G. vulgaris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gadiformes
Family: Lotidae
Genus: Gaidropsarus
Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Gaidropsarus mustellaris
Rafinesque, 1810
Synonyms
  • Antonogadus Wheeler, 1969
  • Motella Cuvier, 1829
  • Mustel Oken, 1817
  • Onogadus de Buen, 1934
  • Onos Risso, 1827
  • Onus Agassiz, 1846

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

  • 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 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 generic name derives from the Ancient Greek roots γῆ (, earth); υδρο- (hydro-, "water"); and ψαρός (psaros, "speckled").[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1007334 entry