Xiphisterinae

Xiphisterinae
Xiphidion rupestre
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Stichaeidae
Subfamily:	Xiphisterinae Jordan & Evermann 1898[1]
Genera[2]
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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]

Genera

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

1. 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.
2. "Xiphisterinae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
3. 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.
4. Mecklenburg, C. W. and B. A. Sheiko (2004). "Family Stichaeidae Gill 1864 — pricklebacks" (PDF). California Academy of Sciences Annotated Checklists of Fishes. 35.
5. Mikhail Valerievich Nazarkin (1998). "New Stichaeid Fishes (Stichaeidae, Perciformes) from Miocene of Sakhalin". Journal of Ichthyology. 38 (4): 279–291.