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Cryptacanthodes giganteus (Kittlitz, 1858). Giant Wrymouth. To 134.5 cm (52.9 in) TL (UW 21080).
Southeastern Bering Sea and eastern Aleutian Islands from Unalaska Island (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to
Humboldt Bay, northern California (Miller and Lea 1972). Benthic, at depths of 6–331 m (20–1,086 ft)
(min.: Miller and Lea 1972; max.: UW 47754). Occasionally seen as Delolepis gigantea, an old name for
this species.
Family Pholidae — Gunnels
Apodichthys flavidus Girard, 1854. Penpoint Gunnel. To 46 cm (18 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Kodiak
Island, western Gulf of Alaska to Santa Barbara Island (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) and Gaviota,
southern California (SIO 61-426). Benthic; intertidal and to 8 m (25 ft) (min.: Miller and Lea 1972;
max.: Burge and Schultz 1973), including tidepools (Cross 1981).
Apodichthys fucorum Jordan & Gilbert, 1880. Rockweed Gunnel. To 22.9 cm (9 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972).
Banks Island, British Columbia (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) to Punta Escarpada, northcentral Baja
California (Miller and Lea 1972). Benthic; intertidal and to 9 m (30 ft; Miller and Lea 1972).
Apodichthys sanctaerosae (Gilbert & Starks, 1897). Kelp Gunnel. To 28.6 cm (11.25 in) TL (Miller and Lea
1972). Pacific Grove, central California to Bahia Papalote, northern Baja California and Isla Guadalupe,
central Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972). Benthic; intertidal and to 12 m (40 ft) (min.: Chotkowski
1994; max.: Miller and Lea 1972). Still classified by some authors in Ulvicola.
Pholis clemensi Rosenblatt, 1964. Longfin Gunnel. To 13.4 cm (5.3 in) TL (Peden and Wilson 1976). One
unverifiable record from Kodiak Island, western Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); Fillmore
Island, southeastern Alaska (Peden and Wilson 1976) to Arena Cove, northern California (Eschmeyer
and Herald 1983). Benthic, at depths of 7.3–64 m (24–210 ft; Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Pholis fasciata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Banded Gunnel. To 30 cm (11.8 in) TL. North Atlantic off
Greenland and Labrador, Arctic seas off Canada and Alaska to Seas of Okhotsk and Japan and western
Gulf of Alaska. Benthic; shallow subtidal to 46 m (150 ft), typically shallower than 20 m (65 ft). All
in Mecklenburg et al. (2002). Pholis gilli Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907, is a junior synonym
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002, Mecklenburg 2003).
Pholis laeta (Cope, 1873). Crescent Gunnel. To 25.4 cm (10 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Southeastern
Kamchatka, Commander Islands, and Aleutian Islands, east along north side of Alaska Peninsula to
Port Heiden, southeastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Crescent City,
northern California (Miller and Lea 1972). Benthic; intertidal, including tidepools (Cross 1981), and to
73 m (240 ft; Miller and Lea 1972), reported to 99 m (324 ft) (W. A. Palsson, pers. comm. to M. L.).
Pholis ornata (Girard, 1854). Saddleback Gunnel. To 30.5 cm (12 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Vancouver
Island, southern British Columbia to Carmel Beach, central California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Peden and Hughes (1984) demonstrated that records of P. ornata from Alaska were misidentified P.
laeta. Consequently, we must view recent reports of occurrence in Alaska with scepticism, especially
since specimens were not retained for verification. Benthic; intertidal and to 37 m (120 ft; Miller and
Lea 1972), reported to 60 m (198 ft; W. A. Palsson, pers. comm. to M. L.). Reports of P. ornata from
Hokkaido (e.g., Hatooka in Nakabo 2002), the Sea of Japan, and the Korean Peninsula are probably the
western Pacific species Pholis nea (Peden and Hughes 1984) or these forms are conspecific or subspecies
(Mecklenburg 2003).
Pholis schultzi Schultz, 1931. Red Gunnel. To 12.7 cm (5 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Rivers Inlet, north
of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Peden and Wilson 1976) to Diablo Cove, central California
(Miller and Lea 1972). Benthic; intertidal and to 20 m (66 ft) (min.: Miller and Lea 1972; max.: LACM
51970.007), reported to 26 m (84 ft) (W. A. Palsson, pers. comm. to M. L.).
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