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Gaidropsarus
Sign in to saveGaidropsarus is a genus of gaidropsarid fishes, with these currently recognized species: 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,
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGadiformes
- FamilyLotidae
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- Specimen records
- 51
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- 3
- Family
- Lotidae
- Collections
- ZMO, CAS, NHMUK, YPM, USNM, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Norway, Ireland, Italy, United States, New Zealand, France, Greenland, Australia
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Gaidropsarus is a genus of gaidropsarid fishes, with these currently recognized species: 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: †Gaidropsarus murdjadjensis (Arambourg, 1928) - latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria. †Gaidropsarus pilleri Carnevale, 2013 - Middle Miocene (Serravallian) of Austria
The generic name derives from the Ancient Greek roots γῆ (gē, earth); υδρο- (hydro-, "water"); and ψαρός (psaros, "speckled").
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