{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Halfbarred Pout Gymnelus hemifasciatus FemaleTypeA.jpg | image_caption = ''Gymnelus hemifasciatus'' | taxon = Gymnelus | authority = J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1834 | type_species = ''Ophidium viride'' | type_species_authority = Fabricius, 1780<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family| family = Gymnelinae | access-date = 5 October 2022}}</ref> }}
'''''Gymnelus''''' is a genus of small fish in the family Zoarcidae found in the Arctic Ocean, and adjacent parts of the North Pacific and North Atlantic.<ref name=Mecklenburg2015/> They are highly variable in color, which has resulted in the description of several taxa now considered invalid.<ref name=Mecklenburg2015/>
==Species== There are currently eleven recognized species in this genus:<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Gymnelus|month=June|year=2022}}</ref>
* ''Gymnelus andersoni'' <small>Chernova, 1998</small> * ''Gymnelus diporus'' <small>Chernova, 2000</small> * ''Gymnelus gracilis'' <small>Chernova, 2000</small> * ''Gymnelus hemifasciatus'' <small>Andriashev, 1937</small> (Halfbarred pout) * ''Gymnelus obscurus'' <small>Chernova, 2000</small> * ''Gymnelus pauciporus'' <small>Anderson, 1982</small> * ''Gymnelus popovi'' <small> (Taranetz & Andriashev, 1935)</small> (Aleutian pout) – often in monotypic genus ''Commandorella'' * ''Gymnelus retrodorsalis'' <small>Le Danois, 1913</small> (Aurora unernak) * ''Gymnelus soldatovi'' <small>Chernova, 2000</small> * ''Gymnelus taeniatus'' <small>Chernova, 1999</small> * ''Gymnelus viridis'' <small>J. C. Fabricius, 1780</small> (Fish doctor)
Many of the above species described in this genus are regarded as synonyms by some authorities (''G. hemifasciatus'' with synonyms ''G. diporus'', ''G. knipowitschi'' and ''G. soldatovi''; ''G. retrodorsalis'' with synonyms ''G. andersoni'', ''G. esipovi'' and ''G. taeniatus''; and ''G. viridis'' with synonyms ''G. barsukovi'', ''G. bilabrus'', ''G. gracilis'', ''G. obscurus'' and ''G. platycephalus'').<ref name=Mecklenburg2015>{{cite journal |author1=Mecklenburg, C.W. |author2=Anderson, M.E. | year = 2015 | title = Reassessment of multiple species of ''Gymnelus'' (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) in Pacific Arctic and boreal regions | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 3948 | issue = 2 | pages = 263–288 | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt03948p278.pdf | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3948.2.7| pmid = 25947776 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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