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Gaidropsarus argentatus (Reinhardt, 1837)

Arctic rockling
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Ireland country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ei.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Haedrich, R.L. and N.R. Merrett, 1988
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Common names from other countries

Silver rockling, Silver rockling, Mustèle argentée, ... more

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> Gadiformes (Cods) > Gaidropsaridae (Rocklings)
Etymology: Gaidropsarus: Greek, ga, ge = the earth + Greek, ydro = water + Greek psaros = speckled, starling (Ref. 45335).

Issue
More taxonomic studies needed (Ref. 1371).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino batidemersal; no migratorio; rango de profundidad 150 - 2260 m (Ref. 58426), usually 400 - ? m (Ref. 9985).   Boreal; 76°N - 40°N, 71°W - 31°E

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Arctic to North Atlantic: Nunavut, off southeastern coasts of Greenland, all but southern coast of Iceland, the Faroe-Shetland ridge to Norwegian coasts north from Bergen.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 35388)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Espinas anales: 0.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Found offshore in deep water, always on soft bottoms of gravel, sand, mud, shells, and stones. Occurs in water temperatures close to or below 0°C. Feeds on decapod, amphipod, and euphausiid crustaceans, sometimes fishes are included in the diet (Ref. 9985).

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Svetovidov, A.N., 1986. Review of the three-bearded rocklings of the genus Gaidropsaurus Rafinesque, 1810 (Gadidae) with description of a new species. J. Ichthyol. 26(1)114-135. (Ref. 9985)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): -0.6 - 9.6, mean 4.1 (based on 279 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5001   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00479 (0.00208 - 0.01103), b=3.08 (2.89 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (33 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.