WoRMS taxon details
Gaidropsarus ensis (Reinhardt, 1837)
126453 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126453)
accepted
Species
Motella ensis Reinhardt, 1837 · unaccepted
Onogadus ensis (Rheinhardt, 1838) · unaccepted
Onos ensis (Reinhardt, 1838) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Motella ensis Reinhardt, 1837) Reinhardt, J.C.H. (1837). Ichthyologiske bidrag til den Grönlandske fauna. Indledning, indeholdende tillaeg og forandringer i den fabriciske fortegnelse paa Grönlandske hvirveldyr. <em>K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvid. Math. Afhandl.</em> 7: 83-196. [details]
Distribution Northwest Atlantic: from Baffin Bay, Greenland, and from deep waters off the east coast of North America from near Browns...
Distribution Northwest Atlantic: from Baffin Bay, Greenland, and from deep waters off the east coast of North America from near Browns Bank (Canada) to off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gaidropsarus ensis (Reinhardt, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126453 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Motella ensis Reinhardt, 1837) Reinhardt, J.C.H. (1837). Ichthyologiske bidrag til den Grönlandske fauna. Indledning, indeholdende tillaeg og forandringer i den fabriciske fortegnelse paa Grönlandske hvirveldyr. <em>K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturvid. Math. Afhandl.</em> 7: 83-196. [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Northwest Atlantic: from Baffin Bay, Greenland, and from deep waters off the east coast of North America from near Browns Bank (Canada) to off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina [details]Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat benthopelagic; marine [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | threebeard rocklingthreadfin rockling | [details] |
| French | mustèle arctique à trois barbillons | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (42 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Motella ensis Reinhardt, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Onogadus ensis (Rheinhardt, 1838))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Onos ensis (Reinhardt, 1838))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gaidropsarus ensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Onos ensis (Reinhardt, 1838))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Onogadus ensis (Rheinhardt, 1838))
To FishBase (from synonym Motella ensis Reinhardt, 1837)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 71 proteins) (from synonym Motella ensis Reinhardt, 1837)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Onos rufus P08979 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Motella ensis Reinhardt, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Onogadus ensis (Rheinhardt, 1838))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Onos ensis (Reinhardt, 1838))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gaidropsarus ensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Onos ensis (Reinhardt, 1838))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Onogadus ensis (Rheinhardt, 1838))
To FishBase (from synonym Motella ensis Reinhardt, 1837)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 71 proteins) (from synonym Motella ensis Reinhardt, 1837)
To GenBank (77 nucleotides; 71 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Onos rufus P08979 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS