butterfish
Pholis gunnellus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Pholidae
- Genus
- Pholis
Where to Find
Found in 14 diving areas across 5 countries and 2 regions.
- Bornholm, Denmark - 2 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 287 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 86 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 68 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 19 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 322 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 207 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 480 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 229 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 390 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 324 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 85 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 6 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 112 records