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CaRMS taxon details

Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

To FishBase images (<i>Pholis gunnellus</i>, Sweden, by Noren, M.)

To FishBase images (Pholis gunnellus, Sweden, by Noren, M.)

AphiaID

126996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126996)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pholis Scopoli, 1777

Original name

Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 259 [details] Available for editors

Descriptive notes

Distribution Labrador to Delaware Bay

Distribution Labrador to Delaware Bay [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126996 on 2025-04-04

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126996 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 259 [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [details]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 259 [details] Available for editors

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Diet Feeds on small crustaceans, polychaetes, molluscs and fish eggs [details]

Distribution Labrador to Delaware Bay [details]

Habitat Found in shallow waters, especially tidepools but may descend to depths of 100 m or more, hides under stones and seaweed. [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Importance Food for commericial fish such as pollock and cod [details]

Predators Pollock, sea raven, harp seal, halibut, cod [details]

Reproduction Spawn from November until January , eggs laid under a stone or in an empty bivalve shells; eggs closely guarded until hatched [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Breton	palenkerluzblonteg	[details]
Danish	tangspræl	[details]
Dutch	botervis	[details]
English	rock gunnelgunnelbutterfish	[details]
French	sigouine de rochepapillon de mergonnellegonelle	[details]
German	Butterfisch	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	tangsprell	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	tangsprell	[details]
Polish	ostropłetwiec	[details]
Swedish	tejstefisk	[details]
Welsh	llyfrothen	[details]