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Gymnelus viridis (Fabricius, 1780) 
AphiaID: 127096

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Zoarcidae (Family) > Gymnelus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Gymnelus Reinhardt, 1833
Synonymised
taxa		  Gymnelichthys antarcticus Fischer, 1885
 Gymnelis bilabrus Andriashev, 1937
 Gymnelis stigma (Lay & Bennett, 1839) (misspelling)
 Gymnelis viridis (Fabricius, 1780) (synonym)
 Gymnelopsis stigma (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
 Gymnelus bilabrus Andriashev, 1937
 Gymnelus pictus Günther, 1862
 Ophidium stigma Lay & Bennett, 1839
 Ophidium unernak Lacepède, 1800
 Ophidium viride Fabricius, 1780
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: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. , available online at http://netviewer.usc.edu/web/GMBISwebsite/ [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

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

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English fish doctor  [details]
French unernak caméléon  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To FishBase
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Arctic: Greenland and Canadian Arctic to 46.38°N; replaced by other species in the Arctic seas of Eurasia [details]

Habitat: Inhabits continental shelves, but generally living in shallower water. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]
Images 
wolffishes and fish doctor
wolffishes and fish doctor
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Fish doctor / unernak cameleon
Fish doctor / unernak cameleon
added on 2010-07-02 - author: Nozeres, Claude
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Gymnelus viridis
Gymnelus viridis
added on 2010-07-19 - author: Nozeres, Claude
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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. (2009). Gymnelus viridis (Fabricius, 1780). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127096 on 2010-09-02
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