Anisarchus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean.
| Anisarchus | |
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| Stout Eelblenny (Anisarchus medius) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Stichaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Lumpeninae |
| Genus: | Anisarchus Gill, 1864[1] |
| Type species | |
| Clinus medius | |
Species edit
Anisarchus contains the following species:[2]
- Anisarchus macrops (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1952)
- Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt, 1837)
References edit
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lumpenidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Anisarchus in FishBase. February 2022 version.