Lesser prickleback
| Lesser prickleback | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Stichaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Xiphisterinae |
| Genus: | Alectridium Gilbert & Burke, 1912 |
| Species: | A. aurantiacum
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| Binomial name | |
| Alectridium aurantiacum | |
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The lesser prickleback (Alectridium aurantiacum) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Alectridium which is found in the northern North Pacific Ocean.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alectridium". FishBase. February 2022 version.
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