| Gaidropsarus | |
|---|---|
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| Threadfin rockling (G. ensis) | |
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| Three-bearded rockling (G. vulgaris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gadiformes |
| Family: | Lotidae |
| Genus: | Gaidropsarus Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Gaidropsarus mustellaris Rafinesque, 1810 | |
| Synonyms | |
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 (gē, earth); υδρο- (hydro-, "water"); and ψαρός (psaros, "speckled").[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Gaidropsarus in FishBase. April 2012 version.
- ↑ "Gaidropsarus argentatus, Arctic rockling : fisheries". www.fishbase.de.
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