Gilbertidia

Gilbertidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Psychrolutidae
Genus:	GilbertidiaBerg, 1898
Type species
Gilbertina sigalutes D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895[1]
Synonyms[1]
Gilbertina Jordan & Starks, 1895

Gilbertidia is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the familyPsychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Gilberitidia was first proposed as a genus name by the Argentinian-Latvian naturalist and entomologistCarlos Berg in 1898 as a replacement name for Gilbertina, a name proposed in 1895 by the American ichthyologistsDavid Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks. which was invalid under the ICZN as it was preoccupied by the gastropod fossil genus GilbertinaMorlet, 1888. The type species is Gilbertina sigalutes which is a synonym of Psychrolutes sigalutes and this would normally mean that Gilbertina is a synonym of Psychrolutes. In 1935 Peter Schmidt proposed the genus Platycottus for Gilbertidia pustulosa, however, Catalog of Fishes treats this as a synonym of Psychrolutes as well.^[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:^[2]

• Gilbertidia dolganoviMandritsa, 1993
• Gilbertidia pustulosaP. J. Schmidt, 1937

References

1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gilbertidia". FishBase. December 2012 version.