WoRMS taxon details
Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758)
126768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126768)
accepted
Species
Blennius bufo (Lowe, 1843) · unaccepted
Blennius pholis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lipophris pholis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Lipophrys pholys (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pholis bufo Lowe, 1843 · unaccepted
Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836 · unaccepted
Pholis laevis Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Blennius pholis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 257 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 257 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126768 on 2025-05-05
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Blennius pholis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 257 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
original description (of Pholis laevis 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]
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): 257 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1836). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome onzième. Livre treizième. De la famille des Mugiloïdes. Livre quatorzième. De la famille des Gobioïdes.</em> v. 11: i-xx + 1-506 + 2 pp., Pls. 307-343. [details]
original description (of Pholis laevis 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]
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
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 Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Ben Rais Lasram, F.; Mouillot, D. (2008). Increasing southern invasion enhances congruence between endemic and exotic Mediterranean fish fauna. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 11(3): 697-711., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-008-9284-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Breton | pesk ar vilbabouzek | [details] |
| Dutch | slijmvis | [details] |
| English | shanny | [details] |
| French | pholismordocetblennie pholis | [details] |
| German | Schan | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Λευκόστικτη σαλιάρα | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | tangkvabbe | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | tangkvabbe | [details] |
| Welsh | llyfrothen benddu | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Blennius bufo (Lowe, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (317 publications) (from synonym Blennius pholis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Pholis laevis Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pholis bufo Lowe, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lipophrys pholis)
To FishBase (from synonym Pholis bufo Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius pholis Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius bufo (Lowe, 1843))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Lipophris pholis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Lipophrys pholys (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Pholis laevis Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase images (Lipophrys pholis, Ireland, by Østergaard, T.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (5768 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Blennius pholis Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5768 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lipophrys pholis RAD106744-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lipophrys pholis RAD106763-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pholis carolinus RAD106743-001) (from synonym Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pholis carolinus RAD106754-001) (from synonym Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836)
To PESI
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Blennius bufo (Lowe, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (317 publications) (from synonym Blennius pholis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Pholis laevis Fleming, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Pholis bufo Lowe, 1843)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lipophrys pholis)
To FishBase (from synonym Pholis bufo Lowe, 1843)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius pholis Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Blennius bufo (Lowe, 1843))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Lipophris pholis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Lipophrys pholys (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Pholis laevis Fleming, 1828)
To FishBase images (Lipophrys pholis, Ireland, by Østergaard, T.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (5768 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Blennius pholis Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (5768 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lipophrys pholis RAD106744-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lipophrys pholis RAD106763-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pholis carolinus RAD106743-001) (from synonym Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pholis carolinus RAD106754-001) (from synonym Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836)
To PESI
To ITIS
