Ninespine stickleback
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q754894
Library of congress:
sh 85133822
Sources of Information
- ITIS web site, Apr. 1, 2004(Pungitius pungitius; common name: ninespine stickleback, tenspined stickleback; synonym: Gasterosteus pungitius)
- California Academy of Sciences, Catalog of Fishes web site, Apr. 1, 2004(Pygosteus pungitius; in the synonymy of Pungitius pungitius)
- Nelson, J.S. Fishes of the World, 1994:p. 297 (Pungitius pungitius complex (ninespine stickleback), diadromous and freshwater, Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic coastal areas of North America and Eurasia)
- Common and sci. names of fishes from the U.S. and Canada, 1991:p. 37 (Pungitius pungitias, ninespine stickleback)
- Atlas of No. Am. freshwater fishes, 1980:p. 566 (Pungitius pungitius, Ninespine stickleback)
- Britannica Micro.:v. 11, p. 267 (Nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius))
- Alltheweb search, May 19, 2004(Nine-spine stickleback, Ten-spine stickleback, Tenspined stickleback)
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Wikipedia description:
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.
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