Biology:Prickleback

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Short description: Family of fishes

Pricklebacks
Cebidichthys violaceus.jpg
Cebidichthys violaceus
Scientific classification e
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

Wikidata ☰ Q1542021 entry