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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Ray-finned Fishes
  5. Perch-like Fishes
  6. Eelpouts and Allies
  7. Pricklebacks

family

Pricklebacks

Stichaeidae

Includes
7 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Xiphisterinae 4 native
  • Chirolophinae 2 native
  • Stichaeinae 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native pricklebacks All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • High Cockscomb Anoplarchus purpurescens 2,634 observations
  • Black Prickleback Xiphister atropurpureus 813 observations
  • Mosshead Warbonnet Chirolophis nugator 331 observations
  • Rock Eel Xiphister mucosus 304 observations
  • Decorated Warbonnet Chirolophis decoratus 213 observations
  • Radiated Shanny Ulvaria subbifurcata 213 observations
  • Ribbon Prickleback Phytichthys chirus 89 observations
  • Arctic Shanny Stichaeus punctatus 73 observations
  • Slender Cockscomb Anoplarchus insignis 25 observations
  • Masked Prickleback Ernogrammus walkeri 7 observations

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