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Gasterosteus aculeatus, Three-spined stickleback : fisheries, aquarium

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Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758

Three-spined stickleback
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Latvia country information

Common names: Trekhiglaja koliushka, Trīsadatu stagars
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Winkler, H.M., K. Skora, R. Repecka, M. Ploks, A. Neelov, L. Urho, A. Gushin and H. Jespersen, 2000
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Uses: no uses
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National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/lg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Muus, B. and P. Dahlström, 1978
National Database: Fish of Latvia

Common names from other countries

Épinoche à trois épines, Espinoso, Колюшка трехиглая, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei (Sticklebacks) > Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks and tubesnouts)
Etymology: Gasterosteus: Greek, gaster = stomach + Greek, osteon = bone (Ref. 45335); aculeatus: aculeatus meaning spined (Ref. 1998).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; agua dulce; salobre bentopelágico; anadromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 0 - 100 m (Ref. 50550).   Subtropical; 4°C - 20°C (Ref. 1672); 72°N - 25°N, 117°E - 60°E (Ref. 26213)

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