What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Rock gunnel been recorded?

Pholis gunnellus occurrence evidence comes from 26,851 records in 19 countries and territories, from 1864 to 2026. Most records come from Canada.

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Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

26,851 records across 19 countries and territories, 1864–2026.

Pholis gunnellus · GBIF taxon key 5210421

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

2 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18642026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Rock gunnel has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Rock gunnel. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Canada 25,820
Sweden 436
United States 276
Germany 86
Belgium 67
Denmark 57
United Kingdom 47
Netherlands 23
Ireland 16
Iceland 4
Lithuania 4
Greenland 3
Poland 3
China 2
Norway 2
ZZ 2
France 1
Namibia 1
Russia 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.