MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pholis Scopoli, 1777

WoRMS taxon details

Pholis Scopoli, 1777

AphiaID

126041 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126041)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Blennius gunnellus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Parent

Pholidae Gill, 1893

Synonymised names

Allopholis Yatsu, 1981 · unaccepted

Centronotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted (synonym)

Enedrias Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 · unaccepted

Gunellus · unaccepted (misspelling)

Gunnellus Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted

Muraenoides Lacepède, 1800 · unaccepted

Urocentrus Kner, 1868 · unaccepted

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Species Pholis clemensi Rosenblatt, 1964
Species Pholis crassispina (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Species Pholis fangi (Wang & Wang, 1935)
Species Pholis fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pholis laeta (Cope, 1873)
Species Pholis nea Peden & Hughes, 1984
Species Pholis nebulosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Species Pholis ornata (Girard, 1854)
Species Pholis picta (Kner, 1868)
Species Pholis schultzi Schultz, 1931
Species Pholis bufo Lowe, 1843 accepted as Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pholis carolinus Valenciennes, 1836 accepted as Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pholis dolichogaster (Pallas, 1814) accepted as Rhodymenichthys dolichogaster (Pallas, 1814)
Species Pholis fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Pholis fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pholis gilli Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907 accepted as Pholis fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Species Pholis gunellus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Species Pholis laevis Fleming, 1828 accepted as Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Pholis ornatus (Girard, 1854) accepted as Pholis ornata (Girard, 1854)
Species Pholis pictus (Kner, 1868) accepted as Pholis picta (Kner, 1868)
Species Pholis subbifurcatus Storer, 1839 accepted as Ulvaria subbifurcata (Storer, 1839)
Species Pholis trigloides (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Lipophrys trigloides (Valenciennes, 1836)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pholis Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126041 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Centronotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary [details]

original description (of Gunnellus 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. Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan. Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569 [details]

original description (of Muraenoides Lacepède, 1800) Lacepède, B. G. E. (1800). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 2: i-lxiv + 1-632, Pls. 1-20. [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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Other

additional source Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle. Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 456 [details]