banded gunnel
Pholis fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Pholis fasciata, the banded gunnel, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pholidae, the gunnels. It is found in the North Pacific, Arctic and western North Atlantic Oceans. Very little is known about its life cycle or reproduction.
Wikipedia contributors, Pholis fasciata; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:32:31.837163+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pholis fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Name authority
- (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
- Common name
- banded gunnel
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Pholidae
- Genus
- Pholis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderZoarcoidei
- familyPholidae Gill, 1893
- genusPholis Scopoli, 1777
- speciesPholis fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pholis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| longfin gunnelPholis clemensi Rosenblatt, 1964 | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pholis crassispina (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pholis fangi (Wang & Wang, 1935) | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| butterfishPholis gunnellus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| saddleback gunnelPholis ornata (Girard, 1854) | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Painted gunnelPholis picta (Kner, 1868) | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| crescent gunnelPholis laeta (Cope, 1873) | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pholis nea Peden & Hughes, 1984 | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tidepool gunnelPholis nebulosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| red gunnelPholis schultzi Schultz, 1931 | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Muraenoides maxillaris Bean, 1881 Bean, 1881 | synonym |
| Pholis fasciatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | synonym |
| Pholis gilli Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907 Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907 | synonym |
| Centronotus gunelliformis Günther, 1861 Günther, 1861 | synonym |
| Gunnellus muraenoides Valenciennes, 1839 Valenciennes, 1839 | synonym |
| Allopholis piskunovi Borets, 1988 Borets, 1988 | synonym |
| Blennius taenia Pallas, 1814 Pallas, 1814 | synonym |
| Centronotus fasciatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | synonym |
| Gunnellus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1830 Reinhardt, 1830 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159846 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4GMHW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.