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Shore rockling
Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AnimalsCod, forkbeards, whiting, pollack,...
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Western MediterraneanMediterranean - Alboran SeaEastern MediterraneanNorth-East AtlanticChannel & North
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / SnorkellingForeshore / Shoreline
Other common names
- SeequappeGerman (Germany)
- BarbadaEuropean Spanish
- BertorellaEuropean Spanish
- MusteloEuropean Spanish
- Motelle à trois barbillonsFrench (France)
- GariFrench (France)
- Loche de mer en AtlantiqueFrench (France)
- LoutcheFrench (France)
- MotelleFrench (France)
- Motelle de MéditerranéeFrench (France)
- MoustelleFrench (France)
- NouncheFrench (France)
- MoflettaItalian (Italy)
- MotellaItalian (Italy)
Other invalid scientific names
- Gadus mediterraneus
- Gaidropsarus mustellaris
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Sources
- REGUIEG Aedwina, KUPFER Michel, GUICHARD Benjamin, SITTLER Alain-Pierre in : DORIS, 23/01/2018 : Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/324
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 18/09/2026 : Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1327
Modification history
- Created by BioObs user on 18/09/2026
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