Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Zoarcoidei > Family Zoarcidae > Subfamily Gymnelinae > Genus Gymnelus

Gymnelus retrodorsalis Le Danois, 1913

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gymnelus*	Reinhardt, 1834	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: aurora pout sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: unernak aurore sources: Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p

Norwegian Bokmål: spitsbergenålebrosme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: spitsbergenålebrosme

Literature

original description	Le Danois, E. (1913). Note sur un nouveau poisson de la famille des Lycodidae: le Gymnelis retrodorsalis nov. sp. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. v. 38: 258-259.
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
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Gymnelus retrodorsalis, by Svensen, E.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gymnelus retrodorsalis Le Danois, 1913. 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:127095