Gaidropsarus

Gaidropsarus is a genus of gaidropsarid^[1] fishes, with these currently recognized species:^[2]

• 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 mauritanicus (Knorrn, 2024)
• 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)

Gaidropsarus Temporal range: Middle Miocene to recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Threadfin rockling (G. ensis)
Three-bearded rockling (G. vulgaris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gadiformes
Family:	Gaidropsaridae
Genus:	Gaidropsarus Rafinesque, 1810
Type species
Gaidropsarus mustellaris Rafinesque, 1810
Synonyms
Antonogadus Wheeler, 1969 Motella Cuvier, 1829 Mustel Oken, 1817 Onogadus de Buen, 1934 Onos Risso, 1827 Onus Agassiz, 1846

The following fossil species are also known:

• †Gaidropsarus murdjadjensis (Arambourg, 1928) - latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria.^[3][4]
• †Gaidropsarus pilleri Carnevale, 2013 - Middle Miocene (Serravallian) of Austria^[5]

The generic name derives from the Ancient Greek roots γῆ (gē, earth); υδρο- (hydro-, "water"); and ψαρός (psaros, "speckled").^[6]