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Definition of Pholis gunnellus

1. Noun. Slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pholis Gunnellus

Literary usage of Pholis gunnellus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Gunnel, Pholis gunnellus (L.). Gloucester, Mass. is the common gunnel (gunwale), or butter-fish, of both shores of the North Atlantic, with numerous allies ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"The Ophi- dium imberbe of Linnaeus was primarily based on the common gunnell of Europe, Pholis gunnellus. Apt as Peck's description was, however, ..."

3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Gunnel, Pholis gunnellus (L.). Gloucester, Mass. is the common gunnel (gunwale), or butter-fish, of both shores of the North Atlantic, with numerous allies ..."

4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"... I shall limit myself to a statement of its relations in Pholis gunnellus. This species, though small, is one in which it may very readily be found. ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1906)
"Found on the gills of a Pogge, Agonus cataphractus, captured at Dunbar; and on a Butterfish, Pholis gunnellus, taken near Fidra in 1901. ..."

6. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"It is colourless and transparent, and grows to a length of five inches. The Gunnel or Butter-fish, Pholis gunnellus, 879, belonging to the family ..."

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