Legless gunnel

Pholidapus dybowskii

Stichaeid Fish beneath Western Pacific

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Medium
Temperate fish

Pholidapus is a monotypic genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Opisthocentridae, the rearspined fin pricklebacks. Its only species is Pholidapus dybowskii, which is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Stichaeidae
Genus: Pholidapus
Maximum length: 46 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk to Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, and the northern Sea of Japan.

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