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Gymnelus Reinhardt, 1834

AphiaID

126102 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126102)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gymnelinae Gill, 1863

Synonymised names

Commandorella Taranetz & Andriashev, 1935 · unaccepted

Gymnelichthys Fischer, 1885 · unaccepted

Gymnelis · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Gymnelus andersoni Chernova, 1998
Species Gymnelus diporus Chernova, 2000
Species Gymnelus gracilis Chernova, 2000
Species Gymnelus hemifasciatus Andriashev, 1937
Species Gymnelus obscurus Chernova, 2000
Species Gymnelus pauciporus Anderson, 1982
Species Gymnelus popovi (Taranetz & Andriashev, 1935)
Species Gymnelus pseudosquamatus Chernova & Møller, 2021
Species Gymnelus retrodorsalis Le Danois, 1913
Species Gymnelus soldatovi Chernova, 2000
Species Gymnelus taeniatus Chernova, 1999
Species Gymnelus viridis (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Gymnelus barsukovi Chernova, 1999 accepted as Gymnelus viridis (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Gymnelus bilabrus Andriashev, 1937 accepted as Gymnelus viridis (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Gymnelus esipovi Chernova, 1999 accepted as Gymnelus retrodorsalis Le Danois, 1913
Species Gymnelus knipowitschi Chernova, 1999 accepted as Gymnelus hemifasciatus Andriashev, 1937
Species Gymnelus pictus Günther, 1862 accepted as Gymnelus viridis (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Gymnelus platycephalus Chernova, 1999 accepted as Gymnelus hemifasciatus Andriashev, 1937

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gymnelus Reinhardt, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126102 on 2026-07-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Commandorella Taranetz & Andriashev, 1935) Taranetz, A. Ya.; Andriashev, A. P. (1935). On a new fish of the family Zoarcidae from the littoral zone of the Komandorskiye Islands. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. A (Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS), Leningrad. v. 1 (no. 4): 267-270. [In Russian and English.]. [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, 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]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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]