Family Stichaeidae
(pricklebacks and shannies)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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  Subclass Neopterygii
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  Infraclass Teleostei
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  Superorder Acanthopterygii
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  Order Perciformes (perch-like fishes and perchlike fishes)
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  Suborder Zoarcoidei
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  Family Stichaeidae (pricklebacks and shannies)
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  Genus Acantholumpenus
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  Genus Alectrias
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  Genus Alectridium
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  Genus Allolumpenus
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  Genus Anisarchus
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  Genus Anoplarchus
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  Genus Askoldia
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  Genus Azygopterus
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  Genus Bryozoichthys
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  Genus Cebidichthys
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  Genus Chirolophis (warbonnets)
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  Genus Cryptacanthodes
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  Genus Ernogrammus
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  Genus Esselenia
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  Genus Eumesogrammus
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  Genus Gymnoclinus
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  Genus Leptoclinus
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  Genus Lumpenella
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  Genus Lumpenus (oarfishes and snake blennies)
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  Genus Phytichthys
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  Genus Plagiogrammus
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  Genus Plectobranchus
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  Genus Poroclinus
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  Genus Stichaeopsis
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  Genus Stichaeus
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  Genus Ulvaria
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  Genus Xiphister