{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Chirolophis ascanii.jpg |image_caption = |taxon = Chirolophis |authority = Swainson, 1839 |type_species = ''Blennius yarellii'' | type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1836<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family|family=Chirolophinae|access-date=15 August 2022}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Genus list | Azuma | Jordan & Snyder, 1902 | Blenniops | Nilsson, 1855 | Bryostemma | Jordan & Starks, 1895 | Carelophus | Krøyer, 1845 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name = CofF/> }}
'''''Chirolophis''''' the '''Warbonnets''', are genus of marine ray-finned fishes in the Subfamily Chirolophinae of the family Stichaeidae, the '''Pricklebacks''' and '''Shannies'''.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Chirolophis Swainson, 1839 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2394935 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=1 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
The species of this genus are found in Northern Pacific Ocean and Northern Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="GBIF" />
==Genomics== Two chromosome-level genome assemblies of ''Chirolophis japonicus'' were published in 2026, providing the first genomic resources for the genus.<ref name="Liu2026">{{cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Kaiqiang |last2=Liu |first2=Qi |last3=Qu |first3=Yinquan |last4=Gao |first4=Tianxiang |title=Chromosome-level genome assembly of ''Chirolophis japonicus'' Herzenstein, 1890 (Stichaeidae, Perciformes) |journal=Scientific Data |year=2026 |volume=13 |pages=577 |doi=10.1038/s41597-026-06893-1 |pmid=41775751 |pmc=13066030 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Pan2026">{{cite journal |last1=Pan |first1=Hongyu |last2=Yan |first2=Hongwei |last3=Hu |first3=Xiandong |last4=Wang |first4=Jingqi |last5=Zhang |first5=Yuying |last6=Liu |first6=Qi |title=Chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the ''Chirolophis japonicus'' |journal=Scientific Data |year=2026 |date=20 April 2026 |doi=10.1038/s41597-026-07264-6 |pmid=42009697 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Species== The following species are classified within the genus Chirolophis:<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Chirolophis|month=February|year=2022}}</ref> {{Linked species list | Chirolophis ascanii | (Walbaum, 1792) | Chirolophis decoratus | (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) | Chirolophis japonicus | Herzenstein, 1890 | Chirolophis nugator | (Jordan & Williams, 1895) | Chirolophis saitone | (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) | Chirolophis snyderi | (Taranetz, 1938) | Chirolophis tarsodes | (Jordan & Snyder, 1902) | Chirolophis wui | (Wang & Wang, 1935) }}
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Category:Chirolophinae Category:Chirolophis Category:Taxa described in 1839