Ribbon prickleback

Species of fish

Ribbon prickleback

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Perciformes
Family:  | Stichaeidae
Subfamily:  | Xiphisterinae
Genus:  | Phytichthys
Hubbs, 1923[1]
Species:  |

P. chirus

Binomial name
Phytichthys chirus

(Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)

Synonyms[2]

* Xiphister chirus Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
* Xiphistes chirus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
* Xiphistes ulvae Jordan & Starks, 1895
* Xiphistes versicolor Gilbert & Burke, 1912

The ribbon prickleback (Phytichthys chirus) 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 Phytichthys, and is found in the northern Pacific Ocean.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xiphisterina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phytichthys chirus". FishBase. June 2022 version.

Taxon identifiers

Phytichthys|

* Wikidata: Q14098027
* CoL: 6Q3N
* GBIF: 2394820
* iNaturalist: 91067
* IRMNG: 1425658
* ITIS: 171589
* NCBI: 1738903
* Open Tree of Life: 3640135
* WoRMS: 270400

Phytichthys chirus|

* Wikidata: Q1981497
* ADW: Phytichthys_chirus
* CoL: 4HK47
* FishBase: 3791
* GBIF: 2394821
* iNaturalist: 228101
* IRMNG: 10153794
* ITIS: 171590
* NatureServe: 2.106300
* NCBI: 1738904
* OBIS: 282255
* Open Tree of Life: 3640136
* WoRMS: 282255