small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
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prickleback::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | stickleback |
| Type of | spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian |
| Has types | three-spined stickleback, gasterosteus aculeatus, gasterosteus pungitius, ten-spined stickleback |
prickleback::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | blennioid, blennioid fish |
| Has types | snakeblenny, lumpenus lumpretaeformis, eelblenny |
Examples of prickleback
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Monkeyface eel is not actually an eel, but a fish, from the rock prickleback family.
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Anglers posted scores of rockfish, cabezon and monkeyface prickleback eels.
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Poke-polers worked the jetties for monkeyface prickleback eels.
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