After Nelson, 1994 and Hastings & H.J. Walker Jr., 2003, with species from Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The FishBase”]
<==o Stichaeidae (priclebacks) [N: 36/62] [FB: 35/67]
|?- Acantholumpenus mackayi (Gilbert, 1896) (Pighead prickleback)
|?-o Alectrias ()? [3]
| |--o A. alectrolophus (Pallas, 1814)
| | |-- A. a. alectrolophus (Pallas, 1814) (Stone cockscomb)
| | `-- A. a. benjamini Jordan & Snyder, 1902
| |-- A. cirratus (Lindberg, 1938)
| `-- A. mutsuensis Shiogaki, 1985
|?- Alectridium aurantiacum Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (Lesser prickleback)
|?-o Anisarchus ()? [2]
| |-- A. macrops (Matsubara & Ochiai, 1952)
| `-- A. medius (Reinhardt, 1837) Stout (eelblenny)
|?-o Anoplarchus ()? [2]
| |-- A. insignis Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (Slender cockscomb)
| `-- A. purpurescens Gill, 1861 (High cockscomb)
|?- Azuma
|?- Azygopterus corallinus Andriashev & Makushok, 1955
|?- Bryostemma
|?-o Bryozoichthys
| |-- B. lysimus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) (Nutcracker prickleback)
| `-- B. marjorius McPhail, 1970 (Pearly prickleback)
|?-o Chirolophis ()? [7]
| |-- C. ascanii (Walbaum, 1792) (Yarrell's blenny)
| |-- C. decoratus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) (Decorated warbonnet)
| |-- C. japonicus Herzenstein, 1890
| |-- C. nugator (Jordan & Williams, 1895) (Mosshead warbonnet)
| |-- C. saitone (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
| |-- C. snyderi (Taranetz, 1938)
| `-- C. tarsodes (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) (Matcheek warbonnet)
|?-o Dictyostoma ()? [2]
| |-- D. burgeri Van der Hoeven, 1849
| `-- D. rubrimaculata Yatsu, Yasuda & Taki, 1978
|?-o Ernogrammus ()? [2]
| |-- E. hexagrammus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
| `-- E. walkeri Follett & Powell, 1988 (Masked prickleback)
|?- Esselenia
|?-o Eulophias ()? [2]
| |-- E. owashii Okada & Suzuki, 1954
| `-- E. tanneri Smith, 1902
|?- Eumesogrammus praecisus (Krøyer, 1837) (Fourline snakeblenny)
|?- Gymnoclinus cristulatus Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (Trident prickleback)
|?- Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries, 1837) (Daubed shanny)
|?- Leptostichaeus pumilus Miki, 1985
|?- Lumpenella longirostris (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907) (Longsnout prickleback)
|?-o Lumpenus ()? [3]
| |-- L. fabricii Reinhardt, 1835-36 (Slender eelblenny)
| |-- L. lampretaeformis (Walbaum, 1792) (Snakeblenny)
| `-- L. sagitta Wilimovsky, 1956 (Snake prickleback)
|?- Neolumpenus unocellatus Miki, Kanamaru & Amaoka, 1987
|?-o Neozoarces ()? [2]
| |-- N. pulcher Steindachner, 1881
| `-- N. steindachneri Jordan & Snyder, 1902
|?- Phytichthys chirus (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) (Ribbon prickleback)
|?- Plagiogrammus hopkinsii Bean, 1894 (Crisscross prickleback)
|?- Poroclinus rothrocki Bean, 1890 (Whitebarred prickleback)
|?- Pseudalectrias tarasovi (Popov, 1933)
|?- Soldatovia polyactocephala (Pallas, 1814)
|?-o Stichaeopsis ()? [2]
| |-- S. epallax (Jordan & Snyder, 1902)
| `-- S. nana Kner, 1870
|?- Ulvaria subbifurcata (Storer, 1839) (Radiated shanny)
|?- Xiphidion rupestre Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
|?-o Zoarchias ()? [5]
| |-- Z. glaber Tanaka, 1908
| |-- Z. major Tomiyama, 1972
| |-- Z. microstomus Kimura & Jiang, 1995
| |-- Z. neglectus Tanaka, 1908
| `-- Z. veneficus Jordan & Snyder, 1902
|--o Xiphisterinae
| |== other Xiphisterines
| `--o Xiphister [Epigeichthys; Xiphidion] ()? [2]
| |-- X. atropurpureus (Kittlitz, 1858) (Black prickleback)
| `-- X. mucosus (Girard, 1858) (Rock prickleback)
|--o Cebidichthyinae
| |== other Cebidichthyines
| `-- Cebidichthys violaceus (Girard, 1854) (Monkeyface prickleback)
|--o Stichaeinae
| |== other Stichaeines
| `--o Stichaeus Tert. EAs. R. Oc. ()? [6]
| |-- S. fuscus Miki & Maruyama, 1986
| |-- S. grigorjewi Herzenstein, 1890
| |-- S. nevelskoi (Schmidt, 1904)
| |-- S. nozawae Jordan & Snyder, 1902
| |-- S. ochriamkini Taranetz, 1935
| `-- S. punctatus (Fabricius, 1780) (Arctic shanny)
`--o Opisthocentrinae
|--o Askoldia variegata Pavlenko, 1910 [Ascoldia] ()? [2]
| |-- A. v. variegata Pavlenko, 1910
| `-- A. v. knipowitschi Soldatov, 1927
|--o Kasatkia Soldanov & Pavlenko, 1915 ()? [FB: 1]
| |-- K. seigeli Posner & Lavenberg, 1999 (Six-spot prickleback)
| `== other species of Kasatkia?
|--o Lumpenopsis Soldatov, 1916 [Allolumpenus Hubbs & Schultz, 1932] ()? [2]
| |-- L. clitella Hastings & H.J. Walker Jr., 2003 (Saddled Prickleback)
| |-- L. hypochromis (Hubbs & Schultz, 1932) Hastings & H.J. Walker Jr., 2003 [Allolumpenus hypochromus Hubbs & Schultz, 1932] (Y-prickleback)
| |-- L. pavlenkoi Soldatov, 1916
| `-- L. triocellatus (Matsubara, 1943)
|--o Opisthocentrus Kner, 1868 [Pholidapus] ()? [4]
| |-- O. dybowskii (Steindachner, 1881)
| |-- O. ocellatus (Tilesius, 1811) (Ocellated blenny)
| |-- O. tenuis Bean & Bean, 1897
| `-- O. zonope Jordan & Snyder, 1902
`-- Plectobranchus evides Gilbert, 1890 (Bluebarred prickleback)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
- Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org
- Hastings, P. A. & Walker jr., H. J., 2003: Lumpenopsis clitella: A New Species of Prickleback (Teleostei: Stichaeidae) from Southern California, with Comments on Lumpenopsis Soldatov.
–Copeia: Vol. 103, #4, pp. 803-809
- Lahti, S., Malmström, K. K., Koli, L., Leikola, A., Syrjämäki, J. & Lahti, J., 1980: Zoo, Suuri Eläinkirja 5: Kalat, sammakkoeläimet, matelijat.
–Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, Porvoo-Helsinki-Juva, 1980.
Original work [in French]: Beauté Du Monde Animal: IX Reptiles/Amphibiens & X Poissons.
–Rizzoli Editore, Milano, 1968.
- Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600