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Gaidropsaridae (Rocklings)
Etymology: Gaidropsarus: Greek, ga, ge = the earth + Greek, ydro = water + Greek psaros = speckled, starling (Ref. 45335); gallaeciae: Name from Latin Gallaecia, an ancient Roman Iberian province, now called Galicia, the westernmost region of Spain referring to the name of the Galicia Bank where the holotype was collected.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 751 - 788 m (Ref. 131626). Subtropical
Distribution
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Northeast Atlantic: Galicia Bank and Porcupine Bank.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 131626)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Anal soft rays: 44 - 52; Vertebrae: 43 - 44. This species is distinguished by the following characters: with three dorsal fins barely separated from each other, the first with a single thickened unsegmented ray, the second with small, unsegmented rays in a fleshy ridge that rises within a groove and the third with segmented rays in an elongate fin; with five prominent individual barbels, four on the snout and one at the tip of the lower jaw; differs from all its congeners by the following, third dorsal-fin rays 54-60, anal-fin rays 44-52, pectoral fin rays 21-23, total vertebrae 43-44; anal fin base short, its length 39.6-48% SL; first dorsal fin ray is moderately elongated, its length 15.8-27% HL, and with a wider interorbital space, 21.7-28% HL (Ref. 131626).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bañón, R., F. Baldó, A. Serrano, D. Barros-García and A. de Carlos, 2022. Gaidropsarus gallaeciae (Gadiformes: Gaidropsaridae), a new Northeast Atlantic rockling fish, with commentary on the taxonomy of the genus. Biology 11:1-18. (Ref. 131626)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
