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Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758

Three-spined stickleback
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Three-spined stickleback, Trekhiglaya kolyushka, Колюшка трехиглая
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
Comments: Occurs in Kamchatka (Ref. 11539, 37812), Novaya Zemlya (Ref. 1998), the White Sea (Ref. 118023) and Kola Peninsula to the Black Sea (Ref. 2058). Known from shores of the Black Sea and its northern basin up to Kuban drainagae (Ref. 59043). Found also in the basins of the Poronai and Tym' Rivers (Ref. 27681). Also Ref. 55804, 123027. In range Ref. 2850. EurRus
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > 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 Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 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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