Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gadiformes > Family Gaidropsaridae

Gaidropsarus Rafinesque, 1810

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Antonogadus Wheeler, 1969 synonym
Motella Cuvier, 1829 synonym
Mustela Oken, 1817 synonym
Onogadus de Buen, 1934 synonym
Onus Agassiz, 1846 synonym

Children

Gaidropsarus argentatus (Reinhardt, 1837)
Gaidropsarus ensis (Reinhardt, 1837)
Gaidropsarus granti (Regan, 1903)
Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867)
Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Cloquet, 1824)

Literature

original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2.

basis of record

van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374

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.

Genbank

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gaidropsarus Rafinesque, 1810. 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:125743

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-08-26 by Nicolas Bailly

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