Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Pearly Prickleback
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
馬氏飾鳚
Description
Family Stichaeidae
Distribution: mainly North Pacific; few in North Atlantic. Most species with entirely spinous dorsal fin, others with at least some spines in dorsal fin. Pelvics with the fin rays branched, if present. Ribs present. Anal origin usually equidistant to snout and caudal fin origin or closer to snout.The family Stichaeidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 36 genera and 65 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are guarders . The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is anguilliform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Etymology of this family name : Greek, stychos = row , line , in a row
Habitat
May be found at depths of 183 to 310 meters.
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,002 meters (0 to -16,411 feet).Mean = -628.290 meters (-2,061.319 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,124.590 based on 38 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Saltwater . Bathydemersal .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Perciformes
()
-
- Suborder:
Zoarcoidei
()
- Family:
Stichaeidae
()
- Pricklebacks
- Genus:
Bryozoichthys
()
- McPhail, 1970
- Specific name:
marjorius
- McPhail, 1970
- Scientific name: - Bryozoichthys marjorius McPhail, 1970
- Specific name:
marjorius
- McPhail, 1970
- Genus:
Bryozoichthys
(
- Family:
Stichaeidae
(
- Suborder:
Zoarcoidei
(
- Order:
Perciformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: September 10, 1996.
Family
: Pricklebacks
.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bryozoichthys
There are approximately 2 species in this genus:
B. lysimus (Nutcracker Prickleback) · B. marjorius (Pearly Prickleback)
Bibliography
- Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983). A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p.
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
- Hart, J.L. (1973). Pacific fishes of Canada. Fish. Res. Board Can. Bull. 180:1-740.
- McPhail, J.D. (1970). A new species of prickleback, Bryozoichthys marjorius (Chirolophinae), from the eastern North Pacific. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 27(12):2362-2365.
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bailly, Nicolas (from FishBase).
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Alaska Ocean Observing System: Arctic Ocean Diversity
- Burke Museum: University of Washington Fish Collection
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2489003
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29743
- Fishbase Species ID: 3778
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 116293
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 171576
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCSC06020
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 105271
