Biology:Prickleback
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Short description: Family of fishes
Pricklebacks | |
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Cebidichthys violaceus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Suborder: | Zoarcoidei |
Family: | Stichaeidae Gill, 1864 |
Genera | |
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The pricklebacks (also known as shannies) are a family, Stichaeidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. The prickleback fish can also breathe oxygen.[clarification needed]
Genera
References
- "Stichaeidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=171554. Retrieved 25 March 2006.
Wikidata ☰ Q1542021 entry