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Alectrias
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Alectrias

Alectrias is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Stone Cockscomb

speciesAlectrias alectrolophus

Spiny cockscomb

speciesAlectrias benjamini

Ciliate cockscomb

speciesAlectrias cirratus

Shaggy cockscomb

speciesAlectrias gallinus

Alectrias markevichi

speciesAlectrias markevichi

Maned cockscomb

speciesAlectrias mutsuensis

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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 86316.