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Crisscross Prickleback
Plagiogrammus hopkinsii
The crisscross prickleback (Plagiogrammus hopkinsii) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Plagiogrammus. This fish is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean off California.
From the article Crisscross prickleback on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The crisscross prickleback is distinguished from other taxa in the subfamily Stichaeinae by the upper lateral line, having many upward directed branches consisting of many small tubes, being joined to the middle lateral canal at each end. The middle lateral canal starts above the fifth to the eighth spines in the anal fin. It has less than 41 dorsal fin spines and there are 12 precaudal vertebrae. The maximum published total length is 20 cm (7.9 in).
Range & habitat
The crisscross prickleback is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean where it is endemic to California, being found from Pacific Grove south as far as San Nicholas Island. It can be found from the intertidal zone down to 21 m (69 ft) in rocky areas.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
The crisscross pricklebach's generic name, is a compound of plagio, meaning "slanting", and grammus, meaning line. Bean did not explain what this alluded to but it may refer to the upper lateral line "curves very slightly" over the pectoral fin. The specific name honors Timothy Hopkins, who founded the Seaside Laboratory at Pacific Grove on Monterey Bay, in recognition of his "services in behalf of science".
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 621172.