Penpoint gunnel (Apodichthys flavidus)

Scientific name: Apodichthys flavidus Girard, 1854

Penpoint gunnel (Apodichthys flavidus)

The Penpoint gunnel (Apodichthys flavidus) is a marine fish of the family Pholidae. Native range: Eastern Pacific, Kodiak Island, Alaska to Santa Barbara Island, southern California, USA.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 40 - 44; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 38 - 42. Caudal rounded, somewhat elevated dorsally; pectorals small and rounded. Color variable- from green through brown to red; dark dots spaced in a broken line along midside of body, sometimes also light spots; narrow dark line down and back from eye to operculum, sometimes through eye; some fresh specimens with a silvery line margined with orange and black from middle of maxillary through lower part of eye to nape and opercle.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Apodichthys flavidus
Family
Pholidae (Gunnels)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
46.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Eastern Pacific: Kodiak Island, Alaska to Santa Barbara Island, southern California, USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

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Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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