Stock Photo - If captured from a rock pool the eel_like butterfish Pholis gunnellus is particularly slippery when handled hence the common name It occurs from the intertidal areas of rocky shores down into much deeper water If threatened in the open it will normally seek cover usually under stones, in seaweed or in a rock fissure To 250 mm NE Atlantic from the Bay of Biscay to Russia including Iceland, the Baltic Sea and the White Sea NW Atlantic from Delaware USA to Labrador Canada

Stock Photo: If captured from a rock pool the eel-like butterfish Pholis gunnellus is particularly slippery when handled hence the common name It occurs from the intertidal.

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