Family

Pholidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Pholidae

Penpoint Gunnel

Apodichthys flavidus Girard, 1854

Apodichthys flavidus (penpoint gunnel) is an elongated Pacific North American intertidal fish that can breathe air out of water.

Saddleback Gunnel

Pholis ornata (Girard, 1854)

Pholis ornata, the saddleback gunnel, is a small elongated fish found in northeast Pacific intertidal and estuarine habitats from Vancouver Island to California.

Crescent Gunnel

Pholis laeta (Cope, 1873)

Pholis laeta, the crescent gunnel, is an eel-like fish with distinct crescent back markings found in the northeastern Pacific intertidal.

Rock Gunnel

Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pholis gunnellus, the rock gunnel (butterfish), is an eel-like fish found in North Atlantic coastal waters from the intertidal to 100+ m depth.

Related Families

Labridae 192 species Gobiidae 185 species Pomacentridae 183 species Serranidae 122 species Blenniidae 87 species Chaetodontidae 82 species Percidae 67 species Scaridae 56 species

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