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Gasterosteus

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Gasterosteus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Gasterosteidae, the sticklebacks. These fishes are found in freshwater, brackish water and marine habitats in the Holarctic region.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderGasterosteiformes
  5. FamilyGasterosteidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded275,224

Gasterosteus est un genre de petits poissons osseux (des épinoches) de la famille des gastérostéidés.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5,136
With media
153
Family
Gasterosteidae
Collections
SDNHM, CM
Recorded in
United States

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Gasterosteus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Gasterosteidae, the sticklebacks. These fishes are found in freshwater, brackish water and marine habitats in the Holarctic region.

==Species== There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Three-spined stickleback) Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & R. Mayer, 1956 (Techirghiol stickleback) Gasterosteus islandicus Sauvage, 1874 (Iceland stickleback) Gasterosteus microcephalus Girard, 1854 (Smallhead stickleback) Gasterosteus nipponicus Higuchi, Sakai & A. Goto, 2014 Gasterosteus wheatlandi Putnam, 1867 (Black-spotted stickleback)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gasterosteus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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