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Gaidropsarus argentatus (Reinhardt, 1837) 
AphiaID: 126451

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Lotidae (Family) > Gaidropsarus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Gaidropsarus Rafinesque, 1810
Synonymised
taxa
  Gaidropsarus reinhardti (Collett, 1879) (misspelling)
Motella argentata Reinhardt, 1837
Motella reinhardi Collett, 1879
Motella reinhardti Collett, 1879 (misspelling)
Onogadus argentatus (Reinhardt, 1838) (Subsequent combination)
Onos argentatus (Reinhardt, 1837)
Onos reinhardi (Collett, 1879)
Onus reinhardti (Collett, 1879) (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Arctic rockling  [details]
English silver rockling  [details]
English silvery rockling  [details]
French mustèle argentée  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål sølvtangbrosme  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk sølvtangbrosme  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Davis Strait [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 18 [details]
FAO fishing area 21 [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Strait [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on decapod, amphipod, and euphausiid crustaceans, sometimes fishes are included in the diet.  [details]

Distribution: Northern Atlantic: off southeastern coasts of Greenland, all but southern coast of Iceland, the Faroe-Shetland ridge to Norwegian coasts north from Bergen. In the western North Atlantic from Greenland southward to off Baffin Island and Labrador to the Grand Bank. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Habitat: Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters. Deepwater species. Found offshore at depths of 150- 2000 m on soft bottoms. [details]

Importance: Social- Commercial, fishery [details]
Images 
Gaidropsarus argentatus, threebeard rockling (juvenile)
Gaidropsarus argentatus, threebeard rockling (juvenile)
added on 2010-09-16 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Gaidropsarus argentatus - head
Gaidropsarus argentatus - head
added on 2011-02-12 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126451
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gaidropsarus argentatus (Reinhardt, 1837). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126451 on 2013-05-21
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