Author: Risso, 1810

Gadella maraldi Risso, 1810

Diagnosis: chin barbel absent. Jaw teeth in a narrow row 2-3 teeth wide, some teeth notably larger; no teeth on vomer or palatines. Anal fin not indented. Light organ present as a small, naked patch on the belly. Colour: mouth pale. Size: to 30 cm SL, mature at 15 cm.

Habitat: benthopelagic, generally at depths of 250-500 m. Locally abundant. Food: no data. Reproduction: possibly a spring spawner in the Mediterranean. Larvae pelagic.

Distribution: Portugal to the Aegean Sea, around Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily; Algeria to at least the Canaries. (The southern extent of the range is subject to doubt as records from between the Canaries and Angola are generally the result of confusion with Brosmiculus imberbis) Also at Madeira and Great Meteor Bank.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. D'Ancona, 1933c: 213, fig. 200 | Spartà, 1928 : 1, pl. 1.
Otoliths (sagitta). Karrer, 1971: 168, fig. 7.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Gadiformes
Family Moridae
Genus Gadella
Species Gadella maraldi

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Gadella maraldi (Risso, 1810)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Gadella maraldi Risso, 1810

Synonyms:

Gadus maraldi Risso, 1810, Ichth. Nice: 123, fig. 13, pl. 6 (Nice).
Merlucius maraldi: Risso, 1826, 3: 220.
Merluccius attenuatus Cocco, 1829, Giorn. Sci. Lett. Art. Sicil., 25: 139 (Messina).
Strinsia tinca (nec Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810): Bonaparte, 1832: pta. 120 Torchio, 1960b: 430-434, pl. 2425; 1961c: 361-372, pl. 21. According to Cohen & Torchio, 1963: 389-390.
Merluccius ambiguus Lowe, 1840a, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 8: 37 (Madeira).
Gadella gracilis Lowe, 1843, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 11: 91 (Madeira). Holotype: BMNH no. 1917.7.14.84.
Uraleptus maraldi: Costa, 1846, 3: 30, pl. 37a Moreau, 1881: 253-255, fig. 178.
Merlucius uraleptus Costa, 1849, Atti. Acad. pontan., Napoli, 5 (3): 171, pl. 1-3 (Naples).
Gadella maraldi: Fowler, 1936, 70 (1): 478 Maul, 1952a, 6: 27, fig. 7 Bini, 1970, 3: 63, fig. Tortonese, 1970e: 411, fig. 166.


Common names:

abrotea de natura [Pr]
gadella [It]
tabinjak mracnjak [Hr]

Bini, G. 1967-1972. Atlante dei pesci delle Coste italiane. Mondo Sommerso, Milano, 9 vol: I, 1967, Leptocardi, Ciclostomi, Selaci, 206 pp., 66 fig. + 64 col. fig. II, 1971, Osteitti (Acipenseriformi, Clupeiformi, Mictofiformi, Anguilliformi), 300 pp., 73 col. fig. III, 1970, Notacantiformi . . . Zeiformi, 229 pp., 34 fig. + 63 col. fig. IV, 1968, Perciformi (Mugiloidei, Percoidei), 163 pp., 34 fig. + 49 col. fig. V, 1968, Perciformi (Percoidei), 175 pp., 22 fig. + 56 col. fig. VI, 1968, Perciformi (Trichiuroidei . . . Blennioidei), 177 pp., 48 fig + 57 col. fig. VII,1969, Perciformi (Ofidioidei . . . Dactilopteroidei), 196 pp., 57 fig. + 59 col. fig. VIII,1968, Pleuronettiformi, Echeniformi, Gobioesociformi, Tetraodontiformi, Lofiformi, 164 pp., 34 + 63 fig. IX, 1972, Introduzione. Parte generale. Aggiornamenti. Indici. 176 p.

Bonaparte, C. L. 1832-1841. Iconografia della Fauna italica per le quattro classi degli Animali Vertebrati, tomo III, Pesci, Roma, without pagination, 75 puntate (in 30 fasc.), 78 pl. 1832: Fasc. I (Puntate 1-6), 2 pl.; 1833: II-V (pp. 7-28),12 pl.; 1834: VI-XI (pp. 29-58), 12 pl.; 1835: XII-XIV (pp. 59-79), 12 pl.; 1836: XV-XVIII (pp. 80-93), 10 pl.; 1837: XIX-XXI (pp. 94-103, pp. 105-109), 5 pl.; 1838: XXII-XXIII (pp. 104, pp. 110-120), 2 pl.; 1839: XXIV-XXVI (pp. 121-135), 8 pl.; 1840: XXVII-XXIX (pp. 136-154), 10 pl.; 1841: XXX (pp. 155-160), 5 pl.

Cocco, A. 1829. Su di alcuni nuovi pesci de'mari di Messina. Giorn. Sci. Lett. Arti Sicilia, (7) 26 (77): pp. 138-147.

Cohen, D. M.; Torchio, M. 1963. Comments on the identity of the mediterranean fish Strinsia tinca. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (13) 6: pp. 389-390.

Costa, O. G. 1849. Di un nuovo pesce della famiglia de' Gadini pescata nel golfo di Napoli ai 3 febb. 1846. Atti R. Accad. pontan., Napoli, 5 (3): pp. 171-182.

Costa, O. G. 1849. Di un nuovo pesce della famiglia de' Gadini pescata nel golfo di Napoli ai 3 febb. 1846. Atti R. Accad. pontan., Napoli, 5 (3): pp. 171-182.

Fowler, H. W. 1936. The Marine Fishes of West Africa, based on the collection of the American Museum Congo Expedition 1909-1915. Bull. am. Mus. nat. Hist., 70 (1), Jan. 21, 1936: pp. vii+1-606, fig. 1-275; (2), Nov. 18, 1936: pp. 607-1493, fig. 276-567.

Karrer, C. 1971. Die Otolithen der Moridae (Teleostei, Gadiformes) und ihre systematische Bedeutung. Zool. Jb., Syst. Bd. 98: 153-204, fig. 1-20.

Lowe, R. T. 1840a. [description of certain new species of Madeiran fishes, with additional information relating to those already described]. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 8: 36-39.

Lowe, R. T. 1843. Notices of fishes newly observed or discovered in Madeira during the years 1840, 1841 and 1842. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 11: pp. 81-95.

Maul, G. E. 1952a. Monografia dos Peixes do Museu Municipal do Funchal. Familia Gadidae e Bregmacerotidae. Bolm Mus. munic. Funchal, 6 (15): pp. 5-51, fig. 1-12.

Moreau, E. 1881-1891. Histoire naturelle des poissons de la France, Paris, I, 1881: pp. I-VII+1-480, fig. 1-82; II, 1881: pp. 1-572, fig. 83-145; III, 1881: pp. 1-697, fig. 146-220; Suppl., 1891: pp. 1-144, fig. 221-227.

Risso, A. 1810. Ichthyologie de Nice, ou histoire naturelle des poissons du département des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, xxxvi+388 pp., 11 pl. (Reprint, 1966, Asher, Amsterdam.)

Risso, A. 1826. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes. Paris et Strasbourg, vol. III, XVI+486 pp., 16 pl.

Sparta, A. 1928. Stadi laNali di uraleptus maraldi. Mem. R. Com. talassogr. Ital., 135 :1-8,1 pl.

Torchio, M. 1960b. Ritrovamento di Strinsia tinca Raf. nelle acque di Messina (Pisces,Gadiformes). Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., 99 (4): pp. 430-434, pl. 24-25.

Torchio, M. 1961c. Attribuzione del genere Strinsia Raf. 1810 alla famiglia Moridae Svetovidov 1937 e segnalazione di Haloporphyrus lepidion (Risso, 1810) nelle acque messinesi (Pisces, Gadiformes). Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., 100 (4): pp. 361-372, pl. 21.

Tortonese, E. 1970e. Osteichthyes (Pesci ossei), Parte Prima. Fauna Ital., 10, Calderini, Bologna, 565 pp., 198 fig.

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