# Xiphister

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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = FMIB 39427 Xiphidion rupestre (Jordan & Gilbert) Type.jpeg
| image_caption = ''Xiphister atropurpureus''
| taxon = Xiphister
| authority = [Jordan](/source/David_Starr_Jordan), 1880<ref name = CofF>{{Cof family | family = Xiphisterinae | access-date =21 August 2022}}</ref>
| type_species = ''Xiphidion mucosum'' 
| type_species_authority = [Girard](/source/Charles_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Girard), 1858<ref name = CofF/>
}}

'''''Xiphister''''' 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 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](/source/Heinrich_von_Kittlitz), 1858)
| Xiphister mucosus | ([Girard](/source/Charles_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Girard), 1858)
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Xiphisterinae
Category:Taxa described in 1880
Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan

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