# Alectrias

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Alectrias benjamini.jpg
| image_caption = ''Alectrias benjamini''
| taxon = Alectrias
| authority = [Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Evermann](/source/Barton_Warren_Evermann), 1898
| type_species = ''Blennius alectrolophus''
| type_species_authority = [Pallas](/source/Peter_Simon_Pallas), 1814<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family | family = Xiphesterinae | access-date =16 August 2022}}</ref>
}}
'''''Alectrias''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of marine [ray-finned fish](/source/ray-finned_fish)es belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Stichaeidae](/source/Stichaeidae), the pricklebacks and shannies. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean.

==Species==
The following species are classified within the genus Alectrias:<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Alectrias|month=February|year=2022}}</ref>
{{Linked species list 
| Alectrias alectrolophus | ([Pallas](/source/Peter_Simon_Pallas), 1814)
| Alectrias benjamini | [Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan) & [Snyder](/source/John_Otterbein_Snyder), 1902
| Alectrias cirratus | ([Lindberg](/source/Georgi%C4%AD_Ustinovich_Lindberg), 1938)
| Alectrias gallinus | (Lindberg, 1938)
| Alectrias markevichi | [Sheiko](/source/Boris_A._Sheiko), 2012
| Alectrias mutsuensis | [Shiogaki](/source/Maseru_Shiogaki), 1985
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Xiphisterinae
Category:Fish described in 1898
Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Category:Taxa named by Barton Warren Evermann

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