Chirolophis
| Chirolophis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Stichaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Chirolophinae |
| Genus: | Chirolophis Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Blennius yarellii Valenciennes, 1836[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Chirolophis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies.[2]
The species of this genus are found in Northern Pacific Ocean and Northern Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Species
[edit]The following species are classified within the genus Chirolophis:[3]
- Chirolophis ascanii (Walbaum, 1792)
- Chirolophis decoratus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
- Chirolophis japonicus Herzenstein, 1890
- Chirolophis nugator (Jordan & Williams, 1895)
- Chirolophis saitone (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
- Chirolophis snyderi (Taranetz, 1938)
- Chirolophis tarsodes (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
- Chirolophis wui (Wang & Wang, 1935)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chirolophinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Chirolophis Swainson, 1839". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chirolophis". FishBase. February 2022 version.