WoRMS taxon details
Ulvaria subbifurcata (Storer, 1839)
159821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159821)
accepted
Species
Pholis subbifurcatus Storer, 1839 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pholis subbifurcatus Storer, 1839) Storer, D. H. (1839). A report on the fishes of Massachusetts. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (nos 3-4) (art. 12): 289-558, Pls. 6-8. [Also published as separate (possibly first), Fishes of Massachusetts [from: Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts], Boston, 1839: 1-202. Plates as I-III in text of separate and journal article but labelled VI-VIII in journal article.]. [details]
Distribution Strait of Belle Isle to Massachusetts
Distribution Strait of Belle Isle to Massachusetts [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Ulvaria subbifurcata (Storer, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159821 on 2026-01-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pholis subbifurcatus Storer, 1839) Storer, D. H. (1839). A report on the fishes of Massachusetts. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> v. 2 (nos 3-4) (art. 12): 289-558, Pls. 6-8. [Also published as separate (possibly first), Fishes of Massachusetts [from: Reports on the fishes, reptiles and birds of Massachusetts], Boston, 1839: 1-202. Plates as I-III in text of separate and journal article but labelled VI-VIII in journal article.]. [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
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
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on copepods, capelin eggs, scaleworms and amphipods [details]Distribution Strait of Belle Isle to Massachusetts [details]
Habitat Found among seaweeds on rocky shores, over hard bottoms. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Food for commercial fishes [details]
Predators Atlantic cod, grubby [details]
Reproduction Spawns in spring and summer [details]
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Pholis subbifurcatus Storer, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulvaria subbifurcata)
To FishBase (from synonym Pholis subbifurcatus Storer, 1839)
To FishBase
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Pholis subbifurcatus Storer, 1839)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Pholis subbifurcatus Storer, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ulvaria subbifurcata)
To FishBase (from synonym Pholis subbifurcatus Storer, 1839)
To FishBase
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Pholis subbifurcatus Storer, 1839)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
