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Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758

126505  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126505)

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Species
Gasterosteus aculeatus leiurus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Gasterosteus atkinsi Bean, 1879 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gasterosteus Dekayi Ayres, 1855 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gasterosteus quadrispinosus Crespon, 1844 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Gasterosteus semiarmatus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gladiunculus bispinosus · uncertain > unassessed
Leiurus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (senior synonym)

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 295 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

(of Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution Hudson Bay to Chesapeake Bay  
Distribution Hudson Bay to Chesapeake Bay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126505 on 2024-11-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 295 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Gasterosteus argentatissimus Blanchard, 1866) Blanchard, C. E. (1855). Les poissons dese eaux douces de la France. <em>Paris.</em> i-xvi + 1-656. [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus argyropomus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 498 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus bailloni Blanchard, 1866) Blanchard, C. E. (1855). Les poissons dese eaux douces de la France. <em>Paris.</em> i-xvi + 1-656. [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus bispinosus Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 450 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus brachycentrus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 499, Pl. 98 (fig. 2) [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus atkinsii Bean, 1879) Bean, T. H. (1879). Description of an apparently new species of Gasterosteus (G. atkinsii) from the Schoodic Lakes, Maine. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 2 (no. 71): 67-69. [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus elegans Blanchard, 1866) Blanchard, C. E. (1855). Les poissons dese eaux douces de la France. <em>Paris.</em> i-xvi + 1-656. [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus gymnurus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 170 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus leiurus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 481, 487, Pl. 98 (fig. 4) [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus nemausensis Crespon, 1844) Crespon, J. (1844). Ichtyologie ou Les Poissons. <em>In: Faune méridionale, ou description de tous les animaux vertébrés vivans et fossiles, sauvages ou domestiques ... qui ne sont que de passage dans la plus grande partie du midi de la France. J. Crespon, Nimes. v. 2.</em> pp. 273-310.
page(s): 283 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus neustrianus Blanchard, 1866) Blanchard, C. E. (1855). Les poissons dese eaux douces de la France. <em>Paris.</em> i-xvi + 1-656. [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus obolarius Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 500 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus niger Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 170 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus noveboracensis Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 502, Pl. 98 (fig. 3) [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus ponticus von Nordmann, 1840) von Nordmann, A. (1840-1842). Prodrome de l'ichthyologie pontique. <em>In: Démidoff, A. de (eds.). Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée. V. 3. E. Bourdin et Ce., Paris.</em> Pp. 353-635, 748-755, Pisces Pls. 1-32. [Text appeared in 1840, atlas with plates in 1842.]. [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus quadrispinosa Crespon, 1844) Crespon, J. (1844). Ichtyologie ou Les Poissons. <em>In: Faune méridionale, ou description de tous les animaux vertébrés vivans et fossiles, sauvages ou domestiques ... qui ne sont que de passage dans la plus grande partie du midi de la France. J. Crespon, Nimes. v. 2.</em> pp. 273-310.
page(s): 283 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus semiarmatus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 493 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus semiloricatus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 494 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus serratus Ayres, 1855) Ayres, W. O. (1855). [Description of new fishes from California.]. <em>(Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper].</em> v. 4 (nos 7-22). [Also appeared in Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1.]. [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus teraculeatus Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 295, 296 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus tetracanthus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 499 [details] 

original description (of Gasteracanthus cataphractus Pallas, 1814) Pallas, P. S. (1814). Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones anatomen atque icones plurimorum.3 vols.[1811-1814]. <em>Academia Scientiarum, Petropolis [Sankt Petersburg].</em> v. 3: i-vii + 1-428 + index (I-CXXV), Pls. 1, 13, 14, 15, 20 and 21.
page(s): 229 [details] 

original description (of Gasterosteus trachurus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 481, 487, Pl. 98 (fig. 1) [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] 

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 295 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Authority (Linnaeus, 1758) [details]

Diet Feeds on copepods, euphausiids, isopods, small fishes and fish eggs [details]

Distribution Hudson Bay to Chesapeake Bay [details]

Habitat nektonic [details]

Habitat Benthopelagic species found to depths of 27 m, inhabits vegetated areas over sand and mud bottoms. [details]

Importance Scientific- Laboratory animal for studies on growth and variability [details]

Predators Mergansers, charr, eels, sculpins and salmon [details]

Reproduction Moves into freshwater to spawn between April and September, a nest of twigs is constructed on bottom [details]
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Albanian peshk koçkuni [from synonym]gjëmbaçi [from synonym]  [details]
Danish trepigget hundestejle  [details]
Dutch driedoornige stekelbaars  [details]
English western threespine stickleback [from synonym]Tiddlerthree-spined sticklebackthreespine stickletbackthreespine sticklebackThornfishThornbackPinfishBurnstickle  [details]
French epinoche à trois pointesépinoche à trois épinesepinoche à 3 épines [from synonym]  [details]
German dreistachliger Stichlingdreistacheliger Stichling [from synonym]  [details]
Japanese イトヨ  [details]
Lithuanian trispyglė dyglė  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Αγκαθερό [from synonym]  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål trepigget stingsild  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk trepigga stingsild  [details]
Polish ciernik  [details]
Russian трёхиглая колюшкаТрехиглая колюшкаКолюшка трехиглая обыкновенная  [details]
Slovenian zet  [details]
Spanish espinoso [from synonym]espinocho  [details]
Swedish storspigg  [details]
Turkish dikence balığıdikence baligi  [details]
Ukrainian Триголкова колючка звичайна Колючка триголкова звичайна  [details]
Welsh crothell dri phigyn  [details]
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