''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 mauritanicus''
( Knorrn, 2024)
* ''
Gaidropsarus mediterraneus''
(Linnaeus
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, 1758
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) (shore rockling)
* ''
Gaidropsarus novaezealandiae''
(Hector
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, 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").
References
Lotidae
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Marine fish genera
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