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Family: Stichaeidae Pricklebacks



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Alectrias alectrolophus Stone cockscomb Northwest Pacific 10 SL 1814
Alectrias benjamini Spiny cockscomb Northwest Pacific 10 SL 1902
Alectrias cirratus Ciliate cockscomb Northwest Pacific 10 TL 1938
Alectrias gallinus Shaggy cockscomb Northwest Pacific 1938
Alectrias markevichi Northwest Pacific 6.6 SL 2012
Alectrias mutsuensis Maned cockscomb Northwest Pacific 8.2 SL 1985
Alectridium aurantiacum Lesser prickleback North Pacific 13.3 SL 1912
Anoplarchus insignis Slender cockscomb Eastern Pacific 12 TL 1912
Anoplarchus purpurescens High cockscomb Eastern Pacific 20 TL 1861
Bryozoichthys lysimus Nutcracker prickleback North Pacific 27 TL 1902
Bryozoichthys marjorius Pearly prickleback Northeast Pacific 30 TL 1970
Chirolophis ascanii Yarrell's blenny Northeast Atlantic 25 SL 1792
Chirolophis decoratus Decorated warbonnet North Pacific 42 TL 1902
Chirolophis japonicus Northwest Pacific 55 TL 1890
Chirolophis nugator Mosshead warbonnet Eastern Pacific 15 TL 1895
Chirolophis saitone Northwest Pacific 10 SL 1902
Chirolophis snyderi Bearded warbonnet Northwest Pacific and adj 20 SL 1938
Chirolophis tarsodes Matcheek warbonnet Northeast Pacific 19 TL 1902
Chirolophis wui Northwest Pacific 1935
Dictyosoma burgeri Northwest Pacific 25 SL 1855
Dictyosoma rubrimaculatum Northwest Pacific 17.9 SL 1978
Dictyosoma tongyeongensis Korean prickleback Northwest Pacific 28 SL 2012
Ernogrammus hexagrammus Six-lined prickleback Northwest Pacific 15 SL 1845
Ernogrammus walkeri Masked prickleback Eastern Central Pacific 28.8 SL 1988
Ernogrammus zhirmunskii Seven-lined prickleback Northwest Pacific 7.5 SL 2011
Esselenichthys carli Threeline prickleback Eastern Central Pacific 17.1 SL 1990
Esselenichthys laurae Twoline prickleback Eastern Central Pacific 9.7 SL 1990
Eumesogrammus praecisus Fourline snakeblenny Western Atlantic 22 TL 1836
Gymnoclinus cristulatus Trident prickleback Northwest Pacific 12 TL 1912
Phytichthys chirus Ribbon prickleback Eastern Pacific 20 TL 1880
Plagiogrammus hopkinsii Crisscross prickleback Eastern Pacific 20 TL 1894
Pseudalectrias tarasovi Northwest Pacific 14 TL 1933
Soldatovia polyactocephala Northwest Pacific 42 TL 1814
Stichaeopsis epallax Northwest Pacific 30 SL 1902
Stichaeopsis nana Northwest Pacific 25 SL 1870
Stichaeopsis nevelskoi Northwest Pacific 1904
Stichaeus fuscus Northwest Pacific 7.9 SL 1986
Stichaeus grigorjewi Northwest Pacific 60 TL 1890
Stichaeus nozawae Northwest Pacific 60 TL 1902
Stichaeus ochriamkini Northwest Pacific 40 TL 1935
Stichaeus pulcherrimus Northwest Pacific 1935
Stichaeus punctatus Arctic shanny North Pacific 22 TL 1780
Ulvaria subbifurcata Radiated shanny Northwest Atlantic 18 TL 1839
Xiphister atropurpureus Black prickleback Eastern Pacific 30.5 TL 1858
Xiphister mucosus Rock prickleback Eastern Pacific 58 TL 1858



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013