Gymnelus popovi

Gymnelus popovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Zoarcidae
Genus: Gymnelus
Species:
G. popovi
Binomial name
Gymnelus popovi

Gymnelus popovi, also known as the Aleutian pout, is a species of fish in the family Zoarcidae in the order Perciformes.[1]

The males can reach a total length of 10 cm (3.9 in).[2][3]

Gymnelus popovi is found in the Kuril Islands and in the Aleutian Islands from the Commander Islands to Kodiak Island.[2][4] This is a polar sea fish that lives at depths between 0 and 4 m (0 and 13 ft).[2][5]

It is harmless to humans.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Gymnelus popovi (Taranetz & Andriashev, 1935)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gymnelus popovi". FishBase.
  3. ^ Anderson, M. E. (1994). "Systematics and osteology of the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology. 60: 1–120.
  4. ^ Quast, Jay C.; Hall, Elizabeth L. (1972). List of fishes of Alaska and adjacent waters with a guide to some of their literature (Report). NOAA Technical Report. U.S. Department of Commerce.
  5. ^ Каталог позвоночных Камчатки и сопредельных морских акваторий [Catalog of vertebrates of Kamchatka and adjacent waters] (in Russian). Russian Academy of Sciences. 2000. ISBN 5858570038.

Further reading

  • Anderson, M. Eric; Fedorov, V. V. (February 2004). "Family Zoarcidae (Swainson, 1839). Eelpouts" (PDF). Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 34. California Academy of Sciences. ISSN 1545-150X.
  • Eschmeyer, William N. (1990). Genera of Recent Fishes. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences. ISBN 0-940228-23-8.
  • Eschmeyer, William N., ed. (1998). Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information. Vol. 1–3. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences. ISBN 0-940228-47-5.
  • Helfman, G.; Collette, B.; Facey, D. (1997). The diversity of fishes. Malden, MA: Blackwell Science.
  • Moyle, P.; Cech, J. (2000). Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
  • Nelson, J. S. (2006). Fishes of the world (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Wheeler, A. (1985). The World Encyclopedia of Fishes (2nd ed.). London: Macdonald.


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