Species under Gaidropsarus
n= 14
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Gaidropsarus argentatus
(Reinhardt, 1837)
Arctic rockling Arctic to North Atlantic 35
Gaidropsarus biscayensis
(Collett, 1890)
Mediterranean bigeye rockling Eastern Central Atlantic 40
Gaidropsarus capensis
(Kaup, 1858)
Cape rockling Southeast Atlantic 20
Gaidropsarus ensis
(Reinhardt, 1837)
Threadfin rockling Arctic to North Atlantic 40
Gaidropsarus granti
(Regan, 1903)
Azores rockling Eastern Atlantic 36
Gaidropsarus guttatus
(Collett, 1890)
Spotted rockling Eastern Atlantic 32.6
Gaidropsarus insularum
Sivertsen, 1945
Comb rockling Southeast Atlantic 34
Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus
(Günther, 1867)
Bigeye rockling Northeast Atlantic 25
Gaidropsarus mauli
Biscoito & Saldanha, 2018
Eastern Central Atlantic
Gaidropsarus mediterraneus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Shore rockling Eastern Atlantic 50
Gaidropsarus novaezealandiae
(Hector, 1874)
New Zealand ling Southwest Pacific 24.5
Gaidropsarus pakhorukovi
Shcherbachev, 1995
Pakhorukov rockling Southwest Atlantic 30
Gaidropsarus parini
Svetovidov, 1986
Parin rockling Southeast Pacific and possibly South Atlantic 34.3
Gaidropsarus vulgaris
(Cloquet, 1824)
Three-bearded rockling Northeast Atlantic 60
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