Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Percoidei > Family Percidae > Subfamily Percinae

Gymnocephalus Bloch, 1793

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Acerina Cuvier, 1816 synonym

Children

Gymnocephalus acerinus (Güldenstädt, 1774)
Gymnocephalus baloni Holcik & Hensel, 1974
Gymnocephalus cernua (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gymnocephalus schraetser (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description

Bloch, M. E. (1793). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. v. 7: i-xiv + 1-144, Pls. 325-360. [Also a French edition, Ichthyologie, ou Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des poissons, v. 10, published 1797.].

taxonomy source

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnocephalus Bloch, 1793. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151301

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Gymnocephalus Bloch, 1793. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/91c3325e-be34-47a8-afab-038156f35095

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2014-12-02 by Dr. Jorg Freyhof & by Nicolas Bailly

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