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Gaidropsarus mediterraneus Shore rockling

Gaidropsarus mediterraneusis commonly referred to as Shore rockling. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
4523 
AphiaID:
126457 
Scientific:
Gaidropsarus mediterraneus 
German:
Mittelmeer-Quappe 
English:
Shore Rockling 
Category:
Cod-like fishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Lotidae (Family) > Gaidropsarus (Genus) > mediterraneus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Russland, Tunesien, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Morocco, Northern Africa, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 
Sea depth:
1 - 450 Meter 
Size:
13.78" - 19.69" (35cm - 50cm) 
Temperature:
41 °F - 64.4 °F (5°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Algae, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Schrimps, Worms 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2019-03-29 21:11:43 

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: southern Norway, around the western shores of the British Isles to the southwest and south coasts of Europe, into the Black Sea, and on the northwest African coast.

Biology
Lives generally at shallow depths near the shores on rocky bottom with aquatic vegetation to 60 m depth. Feeds on fish, crustaceans, worms and algae. Sold fresh in markets, also made into fish meal.
Caught as a by-catch by various fishing gears.

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gadiformes (Order) > Lotidae (Family) > Gaidropsarus (Genus)

Scientific paper

  1. Metadena phoceae n. sp. (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae), a rectal parasite of the shore rockling Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Teleostei: Lotidae) in the western Mediterranean, Pierre Bartoli; David I. Gibson, 2001
  2. Rhipidocotyle genovin. sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from the intestine ofGaidropsarus mediterraneus(L.) (Gadiformes: Gadidae) from the Black Sea, Georgi Dimitrov; Aneta Kostadinova; David I. Gibson, 1996
  3. Karyotypic Variability in the Gadid Fish, Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758), R. Vitturi, P. Carbone, M. Macaluso and E. Catalano, 1986
  4. Morphology and histology of the anterior dorsal fin ofGaidropsarus mediterraneus(Pisces Teleostei), a specialized sensory organ, K. Kotrschal; M. Whitear; H. Adam, 1984

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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