Xiphisterinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes, classified within the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean.[3]
| Xiphisterinae | |
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| Xiphidion rupestre | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Stichaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Xiphisterinae Jordan & Evermann 1898[1] |
| Genera[2] | |
Genera edit
The subfamily contains the following genera († means extinct): [4]
- Alectrias Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- Alectridium Gilbert & Burke, 1912
- Anoplarchus Gill, 1861
- Cebidichthys Ayres, 1855
- Dictyosoma Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
- Esselenichthys Anderson, 2003
- †Nvichia Nazarkin, 1998 [5]
- Phytichthys Hubbs, 1923
- Pseudalectrias Lindberg, 1938
- Xiphister Jordan, 1880
References edit
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ "Xiphisterinae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xiphisterinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ Mecklenburg, C. W. and B. A. Sheiko (2004). "Family Stichaeidae Gill 1864 — pricklebacks" (PDF). California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 35.
- ^ Mikhail Valerievich Nazarkin (1998). "New Stichaeid Fishes (Stichaeidae, Perciformes) from Miocene of Sakhalin". Journal of Ichthyology. 38 (4): 279–291.