Stichaeopsis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stichaeidae, the pricklebacks or shannies.

Stichaeopsis was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1870 by the Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner with Stichaeopsis nana, which was described as a new species by Kner from Decastris Bay on the Tatar Strait in the northern Sea of Japan, as its only species.

[6] Stichaeopsis fishes have moderately elongated bodies which has strong lateral compression and has no scales.

[7] The largest published maximum standard length is in S. epallax which has attained 30 cm (12 in).

[2] They are demersal fishes found on varies substrates in shallow coastal waters dow to 200 m (660 ft).