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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Stichaeidae Pricklebacks
Subfamily: Xiphisterinae
Genus: Dictyosoma

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3 species (see list below)

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Photo by Miyahara, H.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Dictyosoma burgeri van der Hoeven, 1855

Photo by Miyahara, H.
 
Dictyosoma burgeri
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Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 17.9 cm SL

 
Dictyosoma rubrimaculatum
[]

Photo by Kim, J.K.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 28 cm SL
Dictyosoma tongyeongensis Ji & Kim, 2012

Photo by Kim, J.K.
 
Dictyosoma tongyeongensis
[Korean prickleback]
3 Species of Family Stichaeidae with Genus Dictyosoma
(Pricklebacks)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1855 Dictyosoma burgeri Northwest Pacific 25 SL
1978 Dictyosoma rubrimaculatum Northwest Pacific 17.9 SL
2012 Dictyosoma tongyeongensis Korean prickleback Northwest Pacific 28 SL



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