Gaidropsarus mediterraneus Shore rockling

Gaidropsarus mediterraneus is 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:

 

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 (Algivore), 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:

• Gaidropsarus argentatus
• Gaidropsarus biscayensis
• Gaidropsarus capensis
• Gaidropsarus ensis
• Gaidropsarus granti
• Gaidropsarus insularum
• Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus
• 
  Gaidropsarus mediterraneus
  Mittelmeer-Quappe
• Gaidropsarus novaezealandiae
• Gaidropsarus pakhorukovi
• Gaidropsarus parini
• 
  Gaidropsarus vulgaris
  Dreibärtelige Seequappe
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Gaidropsarus mauritanicus
  Dreibartelige Meeresquappe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-08-08 20:41:59 

Last edit:

2019-03-29 21:11:43 

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