Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gadiformes > Family Gaidropsaridae > Genus Gaidropsarus

Gaidropsarus argentatus (Reinhardt, 1837)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Onogadus de Buen, 1934

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gaidropsarus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name
*Antonogadus*	Wheeler, 1969	synonym
*Motella*	Cuvier, 1829	synonym
*Mustela*	Oken, 1817	synonym
*Onogadus*	de Buen, 1934	synonym
*Onus*	Agassiz, 1846	synonym

Species group names

*Motella argentata*	Reinhardt, 1837	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Arctic rockling; silver rockling; silvery rockling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: mustèle argentée sources: Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p

Norwegian Bokmål: sølvtangbrosme sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: sølvtangbrosme

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Gaidropsarus argentatus, by Byrkjedal, I.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Gaidropsarus argentatus (Reinhardt, 1837). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126451