/gasterosteiformes/gasterosteidae/gasterosteus/aculeatus/1.jpg "Gasterosteus aculeatus")
Male: close-up of head
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| Scientific Name | Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Common Names | Three-spine Stickleback Dreistachliger, Großer Stichling (Germany), Storspigg (Sweden) |
| Type Locality | Europe. |
| Synonym(s) | Gasteracanthus cataphractus, Gasterosteus aculcatus, Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus, Gasterosteus aculeatus algeriensis, Gasterosteus aculeatus gymnurus, Gasterosteus aculeatus leiurus, Gasterosteus aculeatus messinicus, Gasterosteus aculeatus santaannae, Gasterosteus aculeatus santaeannae, Gasterosteus aculeatus trachurus, Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni, Gasterosteus algeriensis, Gasterosteus argentatissimus, Gasterosteus argyropomus, Gasterosteus atkinsi, Gasterosteus bailloni, Gasterosteus biaculeatus, Gasterosteus biarmatus, Gasterosteus bispinosus, Gasterosteus brachycentrus |
| Etymology | Gasterosteus: Greek, gaster = stomach + Greek, osteon = bone. aculeatus meaning spined. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 110mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Circumarctic and temperate regions: Extending south to the Black Sea, southern Italy, Iberian Peninsula, North Africa; in Eastern Asia north of Japan (35°N), in North America north of 30-32°N; Greenland. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2016. |
| Other Parameters | Brackish. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1, pp 295. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:23.120.992.5497 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 01 13:06 (species record created: 2013 Sep 06 22:53) |