''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of
lotid
The Lotidae are a family of cod-like fishes commonly known as lings or rocklings. They are found in the Arctic Ocean, Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. Except for a few species of ''Gaidropsarus'', all are restricted to the Northern Hemisphe ...
fishes, with these currently recognized species:
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Gaidropsarus argentatus
The Arctic rockling (''Gaidropsarus argentatus''), also called the silver rockling or Arctic threebeard, is a species of fish in the family Lotidae.
Description
The Arctic rockling's maximum length is . It has two dorsal fins and one anal fin, ...
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( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
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Gaidropsarus biscayensis
''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:
* '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
* '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
* ...
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( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
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Gaidropsarus capensis
''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:
* '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
* ''Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
* ' ...
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( Kaup, 1858) (Cape rockling)
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Gaidropsarus ensis
''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:
* '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
* ''Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
* ' ...
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(J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (threadfin rockling)
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Gaidropsarus granti
''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:
* '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
* '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
* ...
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(Regan, 1903) (Azores rockling)
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Gaidropsarus guttatus
''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:
* '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
* '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
* ...
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(Collett, 1890)
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Gaidropsarus insularum
''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:
* '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
* '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
* ...
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Sivertsen, 1945 (comb rockling)
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Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus
The bigeye rockling (''Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus'') is a species of fish in the family Lotidae.
Description
The bigeye rockling's maximum length is . It is silvery-pink in colour, its back mottled with medium brown, and the eyes more than ha ...
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( Günther, 1867) (bigeye rockling)
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Gaidropsarus mediterraneus
''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:
* '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
* '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
* ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) (shore rockling)
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Gaidropsarus novaezealandiae
''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:
* '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
* '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
* ...
''
(Hector
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, 1874) (New Zealand ling)
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Gaidropsarus pacificus
''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:
* '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
* '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
* ...
''
(Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director.
Biography
Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temmin ...
& Schlegel
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* Brad Schlege ...
, 1846)
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Gaidropsarus pakhorukovi
''Gaidropsarus'' is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:
* '' Gaidropsarus argentatus'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
* '' Gaidropsarus biscayensis'' ( Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
* ...
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Shcherbachev, 1995
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Gaidropsarus parini''
Svetovidov ( ru), 1986
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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").
References
Lotidae
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Marine fish genera
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