too late, I've already depicted myself as the regal Queenfish and you as the dour Monkey-faced Prickleback.
February 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
too late, I've already depicted myself as the regal Queenfish and you as the dour Monkey-faced Prickleback.
Great Blue Heron. Victoria, British Columbia, #Canada
Captured this image of a Great Blue Heron with a squirming prickleback just after the moment of capture. With a quick pinch, it was quickly subdued and swallowed.
#birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #birdphotography #nikon #herons
Captured this image of a Great Blue Heron with a squirming prickleback just after the moment of capture. With a quick pinch, it was quickly subdued and swallowed.
#birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #birdphotography #nikon #herons
March 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Great Blue Heron. Victoria, British Columbia, #Canada
Captured this image of a Great Blue Heron with a squirming prickleback just after the moment of capture. With a quick pinch, it was quickly subdued and swallowed.
#birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #birdphotography #nikon #herons
Captured this image of a Great Blue Heron with a squirming prickleback just after the moment of capture. With a quick pinch, it was quickly subdued and swallowed.
#birds #birding #wildlife #nature #photography #birdphotography #nikon #herons
One of the many great things about marine labs is that they often have aquaria featuring cool, local critters. #MarineLife 🌊🦑
June 15, 2026 at 2:18 AM
One of the many great things about marine labs is that they often have aquaria featuring cool, local critters. #MarineLife 🌊🦑
learning to embrace myself by being a frog 🐸 ✨ #autismawarenessday
April 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
learning to embrace myself by being a frog 🐸 ✨ #autismawarenessday
A decorated warbonnet stopping by to help you celebrate the arrival of Friday
#MarineLife #FishyFriday #Stichaeidae #Prickleback #Cirri #PugetSound #Fish #PNW #SeattleAquarium
#MarineLife #FishyFriday #Stichaeidae #Prickleback #Cirri #PugetSound #Fish #PNW #SeattleAquarium
August 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A decorated warbonnet stopping by to help you celebrate the arrival of Friday
#MarineLife #FishyFriday #Stichaeidae #Prickleback #Cirri #PugetSound #Fish #PNW #SeattleAquarium
#MarineLife #FishyFriday #Stichaeidae #Prickleback #Cirri #PugetSound #Fish #PNW #SeattleAquarium
Some fishes from Seattle:
January 28, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Some fishes from Seattle:
Prickleback, yet another impeccable name 🙏
September 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Prickleback, yet another impeccable name 🙏
Scientists have discovered a toxic bottom feeding fish thought to be one of the ugliest in history, it actually defecates out of its mouth and has been officially named the…
Slimeyhead Prickleback
Slimeyhead Prickleback
March 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Scientists have discovered a toxic bottom feeding fish thought to be one of the ugliest in history, it actually defecates out of its mouth and has been officially named the…
Slimeyhead Prickleback
Slimeyhead Prickleback
Do you know a Prickleback? #Prickleback
July 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Do you know a Prickleback? #Prickleback
My kid has a book titled "You're Called WHAT?" that includes the Tasseled Wobbegong, as well as the Fried Egg Jellyfish, the Monkeyface Prickleback, the Shovelnose Guitarfish, the Bone-Eating Snot Flower Worm, and a tiny wasp known as the Ahaha. Among others.
He *loves* this book.
He *loves* this book.
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My kid has a book titled "You're Called WHAT?" that includes the Tasseled Wobbegong, as well as the Fried Egg Jellyfish, the Monkeyface Prickleback, the Shovelnose Guitarfish, the Bone-Eating Snot Flower Worm, and a tiny wasp known as the Ahaha. Among others.
He *loves* this book.
He *loves* this book.
Happy Monday with some monkeyface prickleback fish at the Oregon Coast Aquarium
#MarineLife #Fish #Stichaeidae #RayFinned #PNW #Pacific #WestCoast #Oregon #Photography
#MarineLife #Fish #Stichaeidae #RayFinned #PNW #Pacific #WestCoast #Oregon #Photography
March 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Happy Monday with some monkeyface prickleback fish at the Oregon Coast Aquarium
#MarineLife #Fish #Stichaeidae #RayFinned #PNW #Pacific #WestCoast #Oregon #Photography
#MarineLife #Fish #Stichaeidae #RayFinned #PNW #Pacific #WestCoast #Oregon #Photography
Folk names for hedgehogs include
* Urchin / Hedge-urchin: An old name, often used in folk tales, which influenced the term for sea urchins.
* Hedgepig / Hedge-hog
* Hotchi-witchi: A traditional Romany term.
* Furze-pig
* Prickleback
* An Gráinneog: Irish for “the little ugly one”.
* Fuzzypeg
* Urchin / Hedge-urchin: An old name, often used in folk tales, which influenced the term for sea urchins.
* Hedgepig / Hedge-hog
* Hotchi-witchi: A traditional Romany term.
* Furze-pig
* Prickleback
* An Gráinneog: Irish for “the little ugly one”.
* Fuzzypeg
February 2, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Folk names for hedgehogs include
* Urchin / Hedge-urchin: An old name, often used in folk tales, which influenced the term for sea urchins.
* Hedgepig / Hedge-hog
* Hotchi-witchi: A traditional Romany term.
* Furze-pig
* Prickleback
* An Gráinneog: Irish for “the little ugly one”.
* Fuzzypeg
* Urchin / Hedge-urchin: An old name, often used in folk tales, which influenced the term for sea urchins.
* Hedgepig / Hedge-hog
* Hotchi-witchi: A traditional Romany term.
* Furze-pig
* Prickleback
* An Gráinneog: Irish for “the little ugly one”.
* Fuzzypeg
Spanish shawl nudibranch / monkey face prickleback / dungeoness crab / blue whale #seymourmarinediscoverycenter
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Spanish shawl nudibranch / monkey face prickleback / dungeoness crab / blue whale #seymourmarinediscoverycenter
#FishADay Chirolophis decoratus Decorated Prickleback. Neritic--prefers hiding in shallow rocky habitats in N. Pacific from Kamchatka to Humboldt Bay. Elaborate cirri on head may help camouflage. Lays eggs in a mass which are guarded until hatch by males or females. youtu.be/5ZLJ2_Af0p4
Rare Footage of Decorated Warbonnet Guarding Eggs
YouTube video by ScubaMoto
youtu.be
September 18, 2026 at 8:31 AM
#FishADay Chirolophis decoratus Decorated Prickleback. Neritic--prefers hiding in shallow rocky habitats in N. Pacific from Kamchatka to Humboldt Bay. Elaborate cirri on head may help camouflage. Lays eggs in a mass which are guarded until hatch by males or females. youtu.be/5ZLJ2_Af0p4
Pamela Prickleback looks very polite :)
September 14, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Pamela Prickleback looks very polite :)
#SICB2026 spotlights-
meet
@rchoover.bsky.social
who presented on
Oral and pharyngeal Jaw shape across diets & ontogeny
in prickleback fishes (Stichaeidae)
RC's work uses #CT scans, geometric #morphometrics, and diet to explore the #evolution of #morphology
www.kassandraford.com/people
meet
@rchoover.bsky.social
who presented on
Oral and pharyngeal Jaw shape across diets & ontogeny
in prickleback fishes (Stichaeidae)
RC's work uses #CT scans, geometric #morphometrics, and diet to explore the #evolution of #morphology
www.kassandraford.com/people
January 14, 2026 at 12:32 PM
#SICB2026 spotlights-
meet
@rchoover.bsky.social
who presented on
Oral and pharyngeal Jaw shape across diets & ontogeny
in prickleback fishes (Stichaeidae)
RC's work uses #CT scans, geometric #morphometrics, and diet to explore the #evolution of #morphology
www.kassandraford.com/people
meet
@rchoover.bsky.social
who presented on
Oral and pharyngeal Jaw shape across diets & ontogeny
in prickleback fishes (Stichaeidae)
RC's work uses #CT scans, geometric #morphometrics, and diet to explore the #evolution of #morphology
www.kassandraford.com/people
#SciArtSeptember Day 8 prompt is #Simian and I chose the monkeyface prickleback (Cebidichthys violaceous) for my #SciArt. Herbivorous as adults, these fish were historically part of coastal Indigenous people's diets. A California Sea Grant project is looking into aquaculture potential.
September 8, 2023 at 3:13 PM
#SciArtSeptember Day 8 prompt is #Simian and I chose the monkeyface prickleback (Cebidichthys violaceous) for my #SciArt. Herbivorous as adults, these fish were historically part of coastal Indigenous people's diets. A California Sea Grant project is looking into aquaculture potential.
Monkeyface Prickleback
February 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Monkeyface Prickleback
Finally
Paul Prickleback
Paul Prickleback
July 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Finally
Paul Prickleback
Paul Prickleback
UPDATE: HIGH COCKSCOMB PRICKLEBACK
went night time tidepooling. i have no idea what the guy in the last pic is and i only got blurry pics of him 😭 but he was like if a tiretrack eel lived in the ocean and was purple
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
UPDATE: HIGH COCKSCOMB PRICKLEBACK
#LGBTQWriteAThon September 22:
"Squat and rounded, with its gently sloping roof of faded terracotta tiles, the Prickleback Eatery sat at the edge of the water like a sunburned tortoise, an antideluvian beast ill at home among the more agile wood-and-canvas kiosks that populated the riverfront."
"Squat and rounded, with its gently sloping roof of faded terracotta tiles, the Prickleback Eatery sat at the edge of the water like a sunburned tortoise, an antideluvian beast ill at home among the more agile wood-and-canvas kiosks that populated the riverfront."
#LGBTQWriteAThon September 22:
Line share day! Share some description of a place in your story today!
#queerwriters #writingcommunity #lgbtqwriters #writers
Line share day! Share some description of a place in your story today!
#queerwriters #writingcommunity #lgbtqwriters #writers
September 22, 2024 at 11:18 PM
#LGBTQWriteAThon September 22:
"Squat and rounded, with its gently sloping roof of faded terracotta tiles, the Prickleback Eatery sat at the edge of the water like a sunburned tortoise, an antideluvian beast ill at home among the more agile wood-and-canvas kiosks that populated the riverfront."
"Squat and rounded, with its gently sloping roof of faded terracotta tiles, the Prickleback Eatery sat at the edge of the water like a sunburned tortoise, an antideluvian beast ill at home among the more agile wood-and-canvas kiosks that populated the riverfront."