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

Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot, 1850

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gadiculus*	Guichenot, 1850	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gadiculus argenteus argenteus*	Guichenot, 1850	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: sølvtorsk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: silvery pout sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Γαδίκουλος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: sølvtorsk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: silvertorsk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: swtan arian

Literature

original description	Guichenot, A. (1850). Histoire naturelle des reptiles et des poissons.In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842. Zoologie, Paris. Pp. i-iv + 1-144 + Atlas; [Poissons are on pp. 31-138 and Poissons Pls. 1-8.].
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 (Gadiculus argenteus, Spain, by García Rodríguez, M.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gadiculus argenteus Guichenot, 1850. 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:126435