Author: Linnaeus, 1758

Gaidropsarus mediterraneus Linnaeus, 1758

Diagnosis: a small three-bearded rockling, the head rather pointed and narrow, rounded in cross-section. Second dorsal finrays 51-63 (mode 56); anal finrays 43-53 (mode 47). Vertebrae 46-49 (usually 47 or 48). Colour: back and upper flank dark brown, sometimes reddish brown; diffuse lighter blotches on cheeks and underside of head; pale brown to cream ventrally. Size: to 25 cm SL.

Habitat: intertidal rock pools and sublittorally on rocks down to 27 m. Food: fishes, also decapod, amphipod and isopod crustaceans, polychaetes and algae. Reproduction: probably spawns offshore in July-August off British Isles, but in winter and early spring in Mediterranean; young stages described, but confused with those of G. vulgaris.

Distribution: Atlantic coasts from the Orkneys to Spain, also Mediterranean, Adriatic, Black Sea.

Eggs, larvae and young stages. Vodjanitzki & Kazanova, 1954: 269, fig. 41 | Duka, 1958: 126, fig. 4-14 | Bini, 1971, 3: 82, fig. | D'Ancona, 1933c: 241, fig. 220-226, pl.13, fig. 15-20, pl. 14, fig. 13-22.
Otoliths (sagitta). Sanz Echeverría, 1935: 259, pl. XXX (fig. 1-4).

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

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scientific synonyms and common names

Gaidropsarus mediterraneus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms:

Gadus mediterraneus Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. X: 255 ('Habitat in Oceano Europaeo').
Gadus tricirratus Brünnich, 1768, Ichth. Massiliensis: 22.
Enchelyopus mediterraneus: Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 52 (partim).
Gaidropsarus mustellaris Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810b, Indice Ittiol. sicil.: 21, 51.
Gadus mustellus (non Gadus mustela Linnaeus, 1758): Risso, 1810: 120.
Gadus fuscus Risso, 1810, Ichthyol. Nice: 121.
Gadus jubatus Pallas, 1811, Zoogr. rosso-asiatica: 202.
Gadus argenteolus Montagu, 1818, Mem. Wern. nat. Hist. Soc., Edinb., 2: 449.
Onos mustella: Risso, 1826: 214.
Onos fusca: Risso, 1826: 214.
Mustela fusca: Cuvier, 1829: 334.
Merlangus communis Costa, 1844, Fauna Regno Napoli, Pesci, I, Gadoides: 7-10 [205-208] ('Golfo di Salerno').
Motella communis: Canestrini, 1863: 369; 1871: 158.
Motella maculata (non Risso): Moreau, 1881, 3: 270.
Motella fusca: Moreau, 1881, 3: 272.
Motella mediterranea: Lütken, 1882b: 235.
Onos mediterraneus: Collett, 1892: 6 Dieuzeide et al., 1954: 141-142, fig. Joensen & Vedel Täning, 1970: 122.
Onos tricirratus (non Bloch): Smitt, 1893: 550 (part.) Cantacuzène, 1956: 29.
Gaidropsarus mediterraneus: de Buen, 1934: 502 Svetovidov, 1948: 82; 1964: 159, fig. 43 Banarescu, 1964: 566, fig. 241 Wheeler, 1969: 289, fig. Tortonese, 1970e: 403, fig. 161 Bini, 1971, 3: 81, col. fig.
Onos sellai Cipria, 1939b, Mem. R. Com. talassogr. Ital., 263: 10.


Common names:

bertorella [Es]
galea [Ro]
gelincik [Tu]
laibeque [Pr]
morskoy nalim [Ru]
motella [It]
motelle de méditerranée [Fr]
motelle à trois barbillons [Fr]
shore rockling [En]

Banarescu, P. 1964. Pisces. Osteichthyes. Fauna Repub. pop. rom., Bucuresti, 13: 1-962, 402 fig.

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.

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.

Canestrini, G. 1863. I gadidi e macrouridi del golfo di Genova. Arch. Zool Anat. Fisiol. [1863], 2: pp. 343-376.

Canestrini, G. 1871-1872. Pesci d'Italia. Parte I, 1871, Pesci delle acque dolci: 436, 2 fig., Parte II, 1872, Pesci marini: pp. 37-208. In: E. Cornalia, 1870-1874, Fauna d'Italia, Milano, 3: pp. 1-208.

Cipria, G. 1939b. Contributo alla conoscenza delle uova dello sviluppo embrionale e post-embrionale in varie specie di Gadidi. Memorie R. Com. talassogr. ital., (263): 1-26, 3 pl.

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

Costa, O. G. 1844. Descrizione di Un nuovo pesce della famiglia de Gadini: 7, 3 pl. in Fauna del Regno di Napoli, Pesci 1, Gadoides.

Cuvier, G. 1829. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, Paris, 2: pp. 122-406 [March 1829].

Dieuzeide, R.; Novella, M. (collab. J. Roland), 1953-1955. Catalogue des Poissons des Côtes algériennes. Bull. Stn Aquic. Pêch. Castiglione, I (n.s.), (4), 1952 [1953]: pp. 1-135, 73 fig. n. num.; II (n.s.), (5), 1953 [1954]: pp. 1-258, 135 fig. n. num.; III (n.s.), (6), 1954 [1955]: pp. 1-384, 202 fig. n. num.

Duka, L. A. 1958. Razmnozhenie i razvitie morskogo nalima, Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (L.). Trudy sevastopol biol. Sta., 10 :126-134, 14 fig.

Joensen, J. S.; Tåning, Å. V. 1970. Marine and Freshwater Fishes in Zoology of the Faroes, Copenhagen, 3 (62-63): 1-241.

Lütken, C. F. 1882b. Om nogle nordiske Havkvabbe-eller Motella-(Onos-) arter. Vidensk. Meddr dansk naturh. Foren., Københ., 1881[1882]: 228-252.

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, ed. X, vol. 1, 824 pp. Nantes & Pisces: pp. 230-338. (Reprint, 1956, London.)

Montagu, G. 1818. An account of several new and rare species of fishes, taken on the south coast of Devonshire, with some remarks on some others of more common occurrence. Mem. Wern. nat. Hist. Soc., Edinb., 2, 1811-16: 413-463, pl. XXI-XXIII.

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.

Pallas, P. S. 1811 [probably 1814]. Zoographia rosso-asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum, 3 vol. Petropoli, 3, 428 pp. (pl. [1], XIII, XIV, XV, XXI, XX (sic)) (89 pl. are mentioned in the text but are unpublished. Perhaps published in Icones ad Zoographiam Rosso-Asiaticam, 1834-427.). (2nd ed., 1831, 3 vol. and Atlas, Petropoli.)

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C. S. 1810b. Indice d'ittiologia siciliana ossia catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia, 69 pp., 2 pl. (Reprint, 1967, Asher-Amsterdam.)

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.

Sanz Echeverria, J. 1935. Otolitos de los peces gadiformes de España. Boln R. Soc. esp. Hist. nat., 35 (5): 245-274, pl. XXIX-XXXI.

Smitt, F. A. 1893-1895. (ed.) A history of Scandinavian fishes, Stockholm and Paris, Atlas, I, 1893, pl. i-xxvii.

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.).

Svetovidov, A. N. 1964. Rîbî Chernogo Morya. [The fishes of the Black Sea]. Opred Faune SSSR, 86: pp. 1-552, fig. 1-191 (in Russian).

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

Vodjanitzki, W. A.; Kazanova, I. I. 1954. Opredelitel pelaghiceski ikrino i licino rib Cernogo Morea [Key for identification of the pelagic eggs and fish larvae in the Black Sea]. Trudy vses. nauchno-issled. Inst. morsk. ryb. khoz. Okeanogr., 28: 240-327, 72 fig.

Wheeler, A. 1969. The Fishes of the British Isles and North-West Europe. Macmillan, London, Melbourne and Toronto: pp. i-xvii+1-163, 5+177 fig., 392 fig. (princ. sp.), 92 n. num. fig., 16 pl., maps.

Bloch, M. E.; Schneider, J. G. 1801. M. E. Blochii Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit J. G. Schneider, Saxo. Berolini: Ix+584 pp., 110 pl.

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