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gunnel (Pholis gunnellus)
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gunnel (Pholis gunnellus) specimen
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Pholidae

gunnel

Pholis gunnellus

Nine to thirteen eye spots on dorsal base

  • Polar
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium
  • Cold-water fish

gunnel is known from North Atlantic as a fish. Records give a maximum length of 25 cm.

Family
Pholidae
Genus
Pholis
Maximum length
25 cm
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
North Atlantic: Kanin Peninsula southward to La Rochelle (including White Sea, North Sea and Baltic), also Iceland, but not eastern Greenland, Spitzbergen or Novaya Zemlya. Western Atlantic: Labrador, Canada to Delaware Bay, USA (Ref. 7251 ).

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