Author: Collett,1890

Gaidropsarus guttatus Collett,1890

Diagnosis: a small three-bearded rockling, the head broad and rounded in cross-section. Second dorsal finrays 53-57; anal finrays 45-49. Vertebrae 47-49. Colour: back and upper flank with dark brown, sometimes reddish, blotches, as also on second dorsal fin; lower flank and belly creamy grey. Size: to 26 cm SL.

Habitat: intertidal pools and sublittorally to 5-10 m. Food: decapod crustaceans and algae. Reproduction: probably spawns in July-August, young stages unknown.

Distribution: known only from Madeira, the Azores and the Canaries.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Superclass Gnathostomata
Class Osteichthyes
Order Gadiformes
Family Gadidae
Genus Gaidropsarus
Species Gaidropsarus guttatus

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Gaidropsarus guttatus (Collett, 1890)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Gaidropsarus guttatus Collett,1890

Synonyms:

Onus guttatus Collett, 1890, Bull. Soc. zool. France, 15: 105 ('Fayal, Açores'). Syntypes: MOM no. 3906.
Onus guttatus: Collett, 1892: 7; 1896b: 60.
Gaidropsarus guttatus: de Buen, 1934: 502 Svetovidov, 1948: 43 Nunes, 1953: 50.
Gaidropsarus tricirratus (nec Bloch, 1785, nec Brünnich, 1768): Noronha & Sarmento, 1948: 90 (partim).

Common names:

none

Brünnich, M. T. 1768. Ichthyologia Massiliensis, sistens piscium descriptiones eorumque apud incolas nomina. Accedunt Spolia Maris Adriatici. Hafniae et Lipsiae. Ist part: Pisces massilienses: pp. xvi+1-84, 2nd part: Spolia e Mari Adriatica reportata: pp. 85-110.

Buen, F. de 1934. Notas sobre los Gaidropsaridae (Peces). Un nuovo género (Onogadus nov. gen.) y una nueva especie (Gaidropsarus barbatus, nov. sp.). Boln R. Soc. e.sp. Hist. nat., 34: pp. 499-504.

Collett, R. 1890. Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux provenant des campagnes de l"Hirondelle'. Bull. Soc. zool. Fr., 15: 105-109.

Collett, R. 1892. Oversigt over de tri-cirrate arter of slaegten Onus. Forh. Vidensk. Selsk. Krist., 1891, 11: 1-17.

Noronha, A. C. di; Sarmento, A. A. 1948. Vertebrados da Madeira. Funchal, Junta Gen. Distr. Aut., 2: 181 pp.

Nunes, A. de A. 1953. Peixes da Madeira. Funchal, 274 pp., pl.

Svetovidov, A. N. 1948. [Gadiformes. Fauna U.S.S.R., Fishes], 9 (2): 222 pp., 39 fig., pl. I-LXXII (in Russian, transl. Jerusalem, 1962, 232 pp.).

Collett, R. 1896b. Poissons provenant des campagnes du yacht l"Hirondelle' (1885-1888). Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert 1, 10: viii +198 p., pl. I-VI.

No distribution map was available at OBIS the last time we checked. Retry now.

For further info about Gaidropsarus guttatus, you can also look up this species under:

You can continue searching for Gaidropsarus guttatus on one of these Web sites:

Fauna Europaea (animals) | IOPI (plants) | NCBI (genetic)

Google | Yahoo | MSN | Wikipedia