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Prickleback

 
WordNet: prickleback
 
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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines

Meaning #2: small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
  Synonym: stickleback


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Pricklebacks
Cebidichthys violaceus
Cebidichthys violaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Stichaeidae
Gill, 1864
Genera

See text.

The pricklebacks also known as shannies are a family, Stichaeidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.

Genera

  • Genus Acantholumpenus Makushok, 1958
  • Genus Alectrias Jordan and Evermann, 1898
  • Genus Alectridium Gilbert and Burke, 1912
  • Genus Anisarchus Gill, 1864
  • Genus Anoplarchus Gill, 1861
  • Genus Askoldia Pavlenko, 1910
  • Genus Azygopterus Andriashev and Makushok, 1955
  • Genus Bryozoichthys Whitley, 1931
  • Genus Cebidichthys Ayres, 1855
  • Genus Chirolophis Swainson, 1839
  • Genus Dictyosoma Temminck and Schlegel, 1845
  • Genus Ernogrammus Jordan and Evermann, 1898
  • Genus Esselenichthys Anderson, 2003
  • Genus Eulophias Smith, 1902
  • Genus Eumesogrammus Gill, 1864
  • Genus Gymnoclinus Gilbert and Burke, 1912
  • Genus Kasatkia Soldatov and Pavlenko, 1916
  • Genus Leptoclinus Gill, 1861
  • Genus Leptostichaeus Miki, 1985
  • Genus Lumpenella Hubbs, 1927
  • Genus Lumpenopsis Soldatov, 1916
  • Genus Lumpenus Reinhardt, 1836
  • Genus Neolumpenus Miki, Kanamaru and Amaoka, 1987
  • Genus Neozoarces Steindachner, 1880
  • Genus Opisthocentrus Kner, 1868
  • Genus Pholidapus Bean and Bean, 1897
  • Genus Phytichthys Hubbs in Jordan, 1923
  • Genus Plagiogrammus Bean, 1894
  • Genus Plectobranchus Gilbert, 1890
  • Genus Poroclinus Bean, 1890
  • Genus Pseudalectrias Lindberg, 1938
  • Genus Soldatovia Taranetz, 1937
  • Genus Stichaeopsis Kner in Steindachner and Kner, 1870
  • Genus Stichaeus Reinhardt, 1836
  • Genus Ulvaria Jordan and Evermann, 1896
  • Genus Xiphister Jordan, 1880
  • Genus Zoarchias Jordan and Snyder, 1902

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