Family · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Stichaeidae

Pricklebacks

WoRMS 125566ITIS 171554GBIF 8598key worms:125566

2026-08-05: itis_id 171554 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Carlos Cano-Barbacil · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Sander lucioperca

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Stichaeidae — Photo · KJ · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies, are a family of marine ray-finned fishes in the suborder Zoarcoidei of the order Scorpaeniformes. Most species are found in the North Pacific Ocean with a few in the North Atlantic Ocean.W CalCOFI holds 134 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1960 and 2023, as larva, across 5 taxa under it.R

134
observations: 134
records: 99
sampling events: 1960–2023
years: 1
datasets: 3
species under it: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 99 obs · 99 events · 1960–2023 · larva
name used: Stichaeidae Pricklebacks · code 846

Under it · 3 taxa

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:125566%22

Stichaeidae

Under it · 3 taxa

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.