WoRMS taxon details
Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867)
126456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126456)
accepted
Species
Antonogadus macrophtalmus (Günther, 1867) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867) · unaccepted
Antonogadus megalokynadon (Kolombatovic, 1894) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Antonogadus megalokynodon (Kolombatovic, 1894) · unaccepted
Gaidropsarus barbatus de Buen, 1934 · unaccepted
Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gaidropsarus macrophtalmus (Günther, 1867) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Gaidropsarus macropthalmus · unaccepted (spelling mistake)
Gaidropsarus megalokynodon (Kolombatovic, 1894) · unaccepted
Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867 · unaccepted
Motella macrophthalmus Günther, 1867 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Motella megalokynodon Kolombatovic, 1894 · unaccepted
Onus biscayensis Collett, 1890 · unaccepted
Onus carpenteri Günther, 1887 · unaccepted
Onus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867)) Günther, A. (1867). Additions to the British Fauna. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.</em> Ser. 3, 20 (118): 288-291. Pl. 5. [details]
(of Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). Additions to the British Fauna. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.</em> Ser. 3, 20 (118): 288-291. Pl. 5. [details]
(of Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). Additions to the British Fauna. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.</em> Ser. 3, 20 (118): 288-291. Pl. 5. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126456 on 2026-05-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867)) Günther, A. (1867). Additions to the British Fauna. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.</em> Ser. 3, 20 (118): 288-291. Pl. 5. [details]
original description (of Gaidropsarus barbatus de Buen, 1934) de Buen, F. (1934). Notas sobre los Gaidropsaridae (Peces). Un nuovo género (Onogadus nov. gen.) y una nueva especie (Gaidropsarus barbatus nov. sp.). <em>Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid.</em> 34: 499-504. [details]
original description (of Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). Additions to the British Fauna. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.</em> Ser. 3, 20 (118): 288-291. Pl. 5. [details]
original description (of Onus biscayensis Collett, 1890) Collett, R. (1890). Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes de "L'Hirondelle." V. Descriptions de deux espèces nouvelles de genre Onus Risso. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> v. 15: 105-109.
page(s): 107 [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]
original description (of Gaidropsarus barbatus de Buen, 1934) de Buen, F. (1934). Notas sobre los Gaidropsaridae (Peces). Un nuovo género (Onogadus nov. gen.) y una nueva especie (Gaidropsarus barbatus nov. sp.). <em>Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid.</em> 34: 499-504. [details]
original description (of Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867) Günther, A. (1867). Additions to the British Fauna. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.</em> Ser. 3, 20 (118): 288-291. Pl. 5. [details]
original description (of Onus biscayensis Collett, 1890) Collett, R. (1890). Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes de "L'Hirondelle." V. Descriptions de deux espèces nouvelles de genre Onus Risso. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> v. 15: 105-109.
page(s): 107 [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 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 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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | big-eyed rocklingbigeye rockling [from synonym] | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Γαϊδουρόψαρο του Ατλαντικού [from synonym] | [details] |
| Turkish | kucuk gelincik [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gaidropsarus barbatus de Buen, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Motella megalokynodon Kolombatovic, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Motella macrophthalmus Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gaidropsarus megalokynodon (Kolombatovic, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Onus carpenteri Günther, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Onus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Onus biscayensis Collett, 1890)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gaidropsarus biscayensis) (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus)
To FishBase (from synonym Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To FishBase (from synonym Onus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867))
To FishBase (from synonym Onus biscayensis Collett, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Motella megalokynodon Kolombatovic, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Antonogadus megalokynodon (Kolombatovic, 1894))
To FishBase (from synonym Gaidropsarus megalokynodon (Kolombatovic, 1894))
To FishBase (from synonym Gaidropsarus barbatus de Buen, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Motella macrophthalmus Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Onus carpenteri Günther, 1887)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Onus biscayensis Collett, 1890)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 59 proteins)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2559878) (from synonym Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867))
To PESI (from synonym Antonogadus megalokynodon (Kolombatovic, 1894))
To PESI (from synonym Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gaidropsarus barbatus de Buen, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Motella megalokynodon Kolombatovic, 1894)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Motella macrophthalmus Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gaidropsarus megalokynodon (Kolombatovic, 1894))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Onus carpenteri Günther, 1887)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Onus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Onus biscayensis Collett, 1890)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gaidropsarus biscayensis) (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus)
To FishBase (from synonym Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To FishBase (from synonym Onus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867))
To FishBase (from synonym Onus biscayensis Collett, 1890)
To FishBase (from synonym Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Motella megalokynodon Kolombatovic, 1894)
To FishBase (from synonym Antonogadus megalokynodon (Kolombatovic, 1894))
To FishBase (from synonym Gaidropsarus megalokynodon (Kolombatovic, 1894))
To FishBase (from synonym Gaidropsarus barbatus de Buen, 1934)
To FishBase (from synonym Motella macrophthalmus Günther, 1867)
To FishBase (from synonym Onus carpenteri Günther, 1887)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Onus biscayensis Collett, 1890)
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 48 proteins) (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 59 proteins)
To GenBank (64 nucleotides; 59 proteins) (from synonym Motella macrophthalma Günther, 1867)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2559878) (from synonym Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867))
To PESI (from synonym Antonogadus megalokynodon (Kolombatovic, 1894))
To PESI (from synonym Antonogadus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gaidropsarus biscayensis (Collett, 1890))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
