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Pricklebacks
Stichaeidae
The pricklebacks (also known as shannies) are a family, Stichaeidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.The prickback fish can also breath oxygen.
4 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 39 known species
Xiphisterinae
subfamilyXiphisterinae
Chirolophinae
subfamilyChirolophinae
Stichaeinae
subfamilyStichaeinae
Cockscombs
subfamilyAlectriinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61378.