| Gaidropsarus | |
|---|---|
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| Threadfin rockling (G. ensis) | |
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| Three-bearded rockling (G. vulgaris) | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Gadiformes | 
| Family: | Lotidae | 
| Genus: | Gaidropsarus Rafinesque, 1810  | 
| Type species | |
| Gaidropsarus mustellaris Rafinesque, 1810  | |
| Synonyms | |
Gaidropsarus is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:[1]
- Gaidropsarus argentatus (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (Arctic rockling)
 - Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890) (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
 - Gaidropsarus capensis (Kaup, 1858) (Cape rockling)
 - Gaidropsarus ensis (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837) (threadfin rockling)
 - Gaidropsarus granti (Regan, 1903) (Azores rockling)
 - Gaidropsarus guttatus (Collett, 1890)
 - Gaidropsarus insularum Sivertsen, 1945 (comb rockling)
 - Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867) (bigeye rockling)
 - Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) (shore rockling)
 - Gaidropsarus novaezealandiae (Hector, 1874) (New Zealand ling)
 - Gaidropsarus pacificus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
 - Gaidropsarus pakhorukovi Shcherbachev, 1995
 - Gaidropsarus parini Svetovidov (ru), 1986
 - 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").[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Gaidropsarus in FishBase. April 2012 version.
 - ↑ "Gaidropsarus argentatus, Arctic rockling : fisheries". www.fishbase.de.
 
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