| Chirolophis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Stichaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Chirolophinae |
| Genus: | Chirolophis Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Blennius yarellii Valenciennes, 1836 | |
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Chirolophis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies.
The species of this genus are found in Northern Pacific Ocean and Northern Atlantic Ocean.
Species
The following species are classified within the genus Chirolophis:
- 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Chirolophis Swainson, 1839". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chirolophis". FishBase. February 2022 version.
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| Chirolophis | |