WoRMS taxon details
Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
126996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126996)
accepted
Species
Blennius europaeus Olafsen, 1772 · unaccepted
Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Blennius muraenoides Zuiew, 1779 · unaccepted
Centronotus gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Gunnellus affinis Reinhardt, 1837 · unaccepted
Gunnellus cornubiensium Seba, 1759 · unaccepted
Gunnellus ingens Storer, 1850 · unaccepted
Gunnellus macrocephalus Girard, 1850 · unaccepted
Gunnellus vulgaris Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted
Muraenoides guttata Yarrell, 1836 · unaccepted
Muraenoides sujef Lacepède, 1800 · unaccepted
Ophidion imberbe Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Ophidium fulvescens Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Ophidium mucronatum Mitchill, 1815 · unaccepted
Pholis gunellus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 259 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 259 [details] Available for editors
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Distribution Labrador to Delaware Bay
Distribution Labrador to Delaware Bay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126996 on 2026-08-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gunnellus vulgaris Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 207 [details]
original description (of Muraenoides sujef Lacepède, 1800) Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.
page(s): 324, 325 [details]
original description (of Ophidion imberbe Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 259 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Ophidium mucronatum Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 361, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Blennius europaeus Olafsen, 1772) Olafsen, E. (1772). Vice-Lavmand Eggert Olafsens og Land-Physici Biarne Povelsens Reise igiennem Island. <em>Lindgren, Sorse.</em> v. 1: [1-11] 1-618, 51 pls.
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Ophidium fulvescens Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Gunnellus cornubiensium Seba, 1759) Seba, A. (1734-1765). Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physiees historiam : Opus, cui, in hoc rerum genere, nullum par exstitit / Description exacte des principales curiosités naturelles du magnifique cabinet d'Albert Seba. 4 vols (v1 1734, v2 1735, v3 1759, v4 1765), Amstelaedami :Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & J. Wetstenium & Gul. Smith., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/62760
page(s): 91, Pl. 30 (6) [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 207 [details]
original description (of Muraenoides sujef Lacepède, 1800) Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20.
page(s): 324, 325 [details]
original description (of Ophidion imberbe Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 259 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Ophidium mucronatum Mitchill, 1815) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6.
page(s): 361, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Blennius europaeus Olafsen, 1772) Olafsen, E. (1772). Vice-Lavmand Eggert Olafsens og Land-Physici Biarne Povelsens Reise igiennem Island. <em>Lindgren, Sorse.</em> v. 1: [1-11] 1-618, 51 pls.
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Ophidium fulvescens Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Gunnellus cornubiensium Seba, 1759) Seba, A. (1734-1765). Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio, per universam physiees historiam : Opus, cui, in hoc rerum genere, nullum par exstitit / Description exacte des principales curiosités naturelles du magnifique cabinet d'Albert Seba. 4 vols (v1 1734, v2 1735, v3 1759, v4 1765), Amstelaedami :Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & J. Wetstenium & Gul. Smith., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/62760
page(s): 91, Pl. 30 (6) [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
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”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
page(s): 259 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
page(s): 259 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio 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]
| 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] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (48 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gunnellus affinis Reinhardt, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Muraenoides sujef Lacepède, 1800)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Gunnellus macrocephalus Girard, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (137 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Muraenoides guttata Yarrell, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Ophidion imberbe Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Ophidium mucronatum Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Gunnellus ingens Storer, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Blennius muraenoides Zuiew, 1779)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Pholis gunellus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ophidium fulvescens Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Blennius europaeus Olafsen, 1772)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications) (from synonym Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Gunnellus vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications) (from synonym Centronotus gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pholis gunnellus)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophidion imberbe Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius europaeus Olafsen, 1772)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenoides guttata Yarrell, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Gunnellus vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenoides sujef Lacepède, 1800)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophidium fulvescens Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius muraenoides Zuiew, 1779)
To FishBase (from synonym Gunnellus affinis Reinhardt, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gunnellus macrocephalus Girard, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Gunnellus cornubiensium Seba, 1759)
To FishBase (from synonym Gunnellus ingens Storer, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophidium mucronatum Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Pholis gunellus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Centronotus gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (2524 nucleotides; 193 proteins)
To GenBank (2524 nucleotides; 193 proteins) (from synonym Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (48 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Gunnellus affinis Reinhardt, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Muraenoides sujef Lacepède, 1800)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Gunnellus macrocephalus Girard, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (137 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Muraenoides guttata Yarrell, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Ophidion imberbe Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Ophidium mucronatum Mitchill, 1815)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Gunnellus ingens Storer, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Blennius muraenoides Zuiew, 1779)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Pholis gunellus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Ophidium fulvescens Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Blennius europaeus Olafsen, 1772)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications) (from synonym Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (74 publications) (from synonym Gunnellus vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (98 publications) (from synonym Centronotus gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pholis gunnellus)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophidion imberbe Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius europaeus Olafsen, 1772)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenoides guttata Yarrell, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Gunnellus vulgaris Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase (from synonym Muraenoides sujef Lacepède, 1800)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophidium fulvescens Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius muraenoides Zuiew, 1779)
To FishBase (from synonym Gunnellus affinis Reinhardt, 1837)
To FishBase (from synonym Gunnellus macrocephalus Girard, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Gunnellus cornubiensium Seba, 1759)
To FishBase (from synonym Gunnellus ingens Storer, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Ophidium mucronatum Mitchill, 1815)
To FishBase (from synonym Pholis gunellus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Centronotus gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (2524 nucleotides; 193 proteins)
To GenBank (2524 nucleotides; 193 proteins) (from synonym Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
