{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = FMIB 39427 Xiphidion rupestre (Jordan & Gilbert) Type.jpeg | image_caption = ''Xiphister atropurpureus'' | taxon = Xiphister | authority = Jordan, 1880<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family | family = Xiphisterinae | access-date =21 August 2022}}</ref> | type_species = ''Xiphidion mucosum'' | type_species_authority = Girard, 1858<ref name = CofF/> }}
'''''Xiphister''''' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks and shannies. These fishes are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
==Species== The following species are classified within the genus ''Esselenichthys'':<ref name = Fishbase>{{FishBase genus|genus=Xiphister|month=June|year=2022}}</ref>
{{Linked species list | Xiphister atropurpureus | (Kittlitz, 1858) | Xiphister mucosus | (Girard, 1858) }}
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Category:Xiphisterinae Category:Taxa described in 1880 Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan