Gaidropsarus

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

• Gaidropsarus argentatus <small>(J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837)</small> (Arctic rockling)
• Gaidropsarus biscayensis <small>(Collett, 1890)</small> (Mediterranean bigeye rockling)
• Gaidropsarus capensis <small>(Kaup, 1858)</small> (Cape rockling)
• Gaidropsarus ensis <small>(J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837)</small> (threadfin rockling)
• Gaidropsarus granti <small>(Regan, 1903)</small> (Azores rockling)
• Gaidropsarus guttatus <small>(Collett, 1890)</small>
• Gaidropsarus insularum <small>Sivertsen, 1945</small> (comb rockling)
• Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus <small>(Günther, 1867)</small> (bigeye rockling)
• Gaidropsarus mauritanicus <small>(Knorrn, 2024)</small>
• Gaidropsarus mediterraneus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (shore rockling)
• Gaidropsarus novaezealandiae <small>(Hector, 1874)</small> (New Zealand ling)
• Gaidropsarus pacificus <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)</small>
• Gaidropsarus pakhorukovi <small>Shcherbachev, 1995</small>
• Gaidropsarus parini <small>Svetovidov (), 1986</small>
• Gaidropsarus vulgaris <small>(Cloquet, 1824)</small> (three-bearded rockling)

The following fossil species are also known:

• †Gaidropsarus murdjadjensis <small>(Arambourg, 1928)</small> - latest Miocene (Messinian) of Algeria.
• †Gaidropsarus pilleri <small>Carnevale, 2013</small> - Middle Miocene (Serravallian) of Austria

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

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