Gaidropsarus Explained

Gaidropsarus is a genus of lotid fishes, with these currently recognized species:

• 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").^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gaidropsarus argentatus, Arctic rockling : fisheries. www.fishbase.de.