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Pholidae (Gunnels) > Pholinae
Etymology: Pholis: Greek, pholis, -idos = scale (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Fang Ping-Wen (sometimes transcribed as Bingwen) (1903–1944) was a Chinese ichthyologist at the Metropolitan Museum of Natural History, and Biological Laboratory of the Science Society of China, Academia Sinica, Nanking (Nanjing). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal. Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Gulf of Pohai, Yellow Sea; northern part of East China Sea.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116958); max. published weight: 22.54 g (Ref. 116958)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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