What's the difference between prickleback and shanny?

Prickleback


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Pricklefish

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Shanny


Definition:

  • (n.) The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The fine structure of the skin and its importance in chloride outfluxes were investigated in a sea-water teleost, the shanny (Blennius pholis L.).
  • (2) were investigated in seven species of teleosts in normoxic sea water: butterfish (Pholis gunnellus L.), cod (Gadus morhua L.), five-bearded rockling (Ciliata mustela L), shanny (Blennius pholis L.), flounder (Platichthys flesus L.), sole (Solea solea L.) and eel (Anguilla anguilla L.).

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