Prickleback — synonyms, definition
1. prickleback (Noun)
1 synonym
stickleback
2 definitions
prickleback (Noun) — Small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines.
prickleback (Noun) — Small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research.
4 types of
acanthopterygian blennioid blennioid fish spiny-finned fish
7 types
Gasterosteus aculeatus Gasterosteus pungitius Lumpenus lumpretaeformis eelblenny snakeblenny ten-spined stickleback three-spined stickleback
2 parts of
Gasterosteidae family Gasterosteidae