''Gilbertidia'' is a genus of marine

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es belonging to the

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, the fatheads and toadfishes. These fishes are found in the northern

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Taxonomy

''Gilberitidia'' was first proposed as a genus name by the Argentinian-Latvian

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and

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in 1898 as a replacement name for ''Gilbertina'', a name proposed in 1895 by the American

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. which was invalid under the

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as it was preoccupied by the

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fossil genus '' Gilbertina'' Morlet, 1888. The

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is ''Gilbertina sigalutes'' which is a

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of ''

Psychrolutes sigalutes The soft sculpin (''Psychrolutes sigalutes'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. This species is found in the North Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea to the southern Puget S ...

'' and this would normally mean that ''Gilbertina'' is a synonym of ''

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''. In 1935 Peter Schmidt proposed the genus ''Platycottus'' for ''Gilbertidia pustulosa'', however, ''

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'' treats this as a synonym of ''Psychrolutes'' as well.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''

Gilbertidia dolganovi ''Gilbertidia'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Gilberitidia'' was first proposed as ...

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, 1993 * ''

Gilbertidia pustulosa ''Gilbertidia'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Gilberitidia'' was first proposed as a genus name by th ...

'' P. J. Schmidt, 1937

References

Psychrolutidae Taxa named by Carlos Berg {{Cottoidei-stub