Pholidae

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Gunnels
Crescent gunnel, Pholis laeta
Crescent gunnel, Pholis laeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pholidae
Gill, 1893
Genera

Apodichthys
Pholis
Rhodymenichthys
See text for species.

The gunnels are a family, Pholidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.

They are elongated fishes native to the coasts of the northern Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans, where they inhabit intertidal and subtidal waters and eat crustaceans and mollusks.

[edit] Species

There are fifteen species in three genera.

  • Genus Apodichthys Girard, 1854
    • Penpoint gunnel, Apodichthys flavidus Girard, 1854.
    • Rockweed gunnel, Apodichthys fucorum Jordan & Gilbert, 1880.
    • Kelp gunnel, Apodichthys sanctaerosae (Gilbert & Starks, 1897).
  • Genus Pholis Scopoli, 1777
    • Longfin gunnel, Pholis clemensi Rosenblatt, 1964.
    • Pholis crassispina (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845).
    • Pholis fangi (Wang & Wang, 1935).
    • Banded gunnel, Pholis fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801).
    • Rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758).
    • Crescent gunnel, Pholis laeta (Cope, 1873).
    • Pholis nea Peden & Hughes, 1984.
    • Tidepool gunnel, Pholis nebulosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845).
    • Saddleback gunnel, Pholis ornata (Girard, 1854).
    • Pholis picta (Kner, 1868).
    • Red gunnel, Pholis schultzi Schultz, 1931.
  • Genus Rhodymenichthys Jordan and Evermann, 1896
    • Stippled gunnel, Rhodymenichthys dolichogaster (Pallas, 1814).

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