saddleback gunnel
Pholis ornata (Girard, 1854)
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
The saddleback gunnel (Pholis ornata), also known as the saddled blenny, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pholidae, the gunnels. This fish occurs in the shallow coastal waters of the eastern North Pacific Ocean.
Wikipedia contributors, Saddleback gunnel; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:45:47.627515+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pholis ornata (Girard, 1854)
- Name authority
- (Girard, 1854)
- Common name
- saddleback 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 ornata (Girard, 1854)
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 |
| Painted gunnelPholis picta (Kner, 1868) | PholidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| banded gunnelPholis fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Gunellus ornatus Girard, 1854 Girard, 1854 | synonym |
| Pholis ornatus (Girard, 1854) (Girard, 1854) | 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=273692 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:4GMJ9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.