Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Temperate
Northwest Pacific: southern Hokkaido (Japan). Pholis ornata (Girard, 1854) reported from Peter the Great Bay and the Korean Peninsula (Japan Sea) may be this species. However, some authors classify this as a subspecies of Pholis ornata.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 43239)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Maximum length based on a specimen from Hokkaido (Ref. 43239).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Mecklenburg, C.W., 2003. Family Pholidae Gill 1893 - gunnels. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annotated Checklists of Fishes (9):11. (Ref. 48978)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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