Rock gunnel

Rock gunnel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pholidae
Genus: Pholis
Species:
P. gunnellus
Binomial name
Pholis gunnellus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Centronotus gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Ophidion imberbe Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gunnellus cornubiensium Seba, 1759
  • Blennius europaeus Olafsen, 1772
  • Blennius muraenoides Zuiew, 1779
  • Muraenoides sujef Lacepède, 1800
  • Ophidium fulvescens Rafinesque, 1810
  • Ophidium mucronatum Mitchill, 1815
  • Gunnellus vulgaris Fleming, 1828
  • Muraenoides guttata Yarrell, 1836
  • Gunnellus affinis Reinhardt, 1837
  • Gunnellus macrocephalus Girard, 1850
  • Gunnellus ingens Storer, 1850

The rock gunnel (Pholis gunnellus), or butterfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pholidae, the gunnels. This species is found in the coastal waters of the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Atlantic part of the Arctic Ocean.

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