Arctic shanny

Arctic shanny
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Stichaeidae
Genus: Stichaeus
Species:
S. punctatus
Binomial name
Stichaeus punctatus
(Fabricius, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Blennius punctatus Fabricius, 1780
  • Stichaeus rothrocki T.H. Bean, 1881

The Arctic shanny (Stichaeus punctatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. This species occurs in the North Pacific, Arctic and western North Atlantic Oceans.