Species
Least Concernninespine stickleback
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyGasterosteidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Pungitius pungitius
- Commons category
- Pungitius pungitius
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- Pungitius pungitius
- taxon common name
- nipigget stingsild
- short name
- P. pungitius
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Encyclopedic overview
The ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius), also called the ten-spined stickleback, is a freshwater species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae that inhabits temperate waters. It is widely but locally distributed throughout Eurasia and North America. Despite its name, the number of spines can vary from 8 to 12.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ninespine stickleback” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.