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| Crescent gunnel, Pholis laeta | |
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| Family: | Pholidae Gill, 1893 |
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The gunnels are a family, Pholidae, of marine fishes in the order Perciformes. They are elongated, somewhat eel-like fishes that range from the intertidal zone to depths of 200 m (660 ft), though the majority are found in shallow waters. Most are restricted to the North Pacific, ranging as far south as Baja California and East China. The only exceptions are Pholis gunnellus from the North Atlantic,[1] and P. fasciata from the Arctic Sea, North Atlantic and North Pacific.[2] They typically reach a maximum length of 20–30 cm (8–12 in), but Apodichthys flavidus reaches 46 cm (18 in).[3] They eat small crustaceans and molluscs.
Species
The 15 species in three genera are:
- Genus Apodichthys Girard 1854
- Genus Pholis Scopoli 1777
- Longfin gunnel, P. clemensi Rosenblatt 1964
- P. crassispina Temminck & Schlegel 1845
- P. fangi Wang & Wang 1935
- Banded gunnel, P. fasciata Bloch & Schneider 1801
- Rock gunnel, P. gunnellus Linnaeus 1758
- Crescent gunnel, P. laeta Cope 1873
- P. nea Peden & Hughes 1984
- Tidepool gunnel, P. nebulosa Temminck & Schlegel 1845
- Saddleback gunnel, P. ornata Girard 1854
- P. picta Kner 1868
- Red gunnel, P. schultzi Schultz 1931
- Genus Rhodymenichthys Jordan and Evermann 1896
- Stippled gunnel, R. dolichogaster Pallas 1814
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Pholis gunnellus" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Pholis fasciata" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Apodichthys flavidus" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Pholidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- "Pholidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2006.