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Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
AnimalsOther fish close to the bottom
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Freshwater - EuropeNorth-West Atlantic
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Threespine sticklebackBritish English
- Dreistacheliger StichlingGerman (Germany)
- EspinosilloEuropean Spanish
- EspinosoEuropean Spanish
- Épinoche à trois épinesFrench (France)
- Crève-valetFrench (France)
- ÉchardeFrench (France)
- ÉpineFrench (France)
- ÉpingletFrench (France)
- ÉpinocheFrench (France)
- Étrangle-chatFrench (France)
- Quatre-épéesFrench (France)
- SpinarelloItalian (Italy)
- Driedoornige stekelbaarsDutch (Netherlands)
- StekelbaarsDutch (Netherlands)
Other invalid scientific names
- Gasteracanthus cataphractus
- Gasterosrosteus williamsoni japonicus
- Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- Gasterosteus aculeatus algeriensis
- Gasterosteus aculeatus gymnurus
- Gasterosteus aculeatus leiurus
- Gasterosteus aculeatus microcephalus
- Gasterosteus aculeatus santaeannae
- Gasterosteus aculeatus trachurus
- Gasterosteus aculeatus var. messinicus
- Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni
- Gasterosteus algeriensis
- Gasterosteus argentatissimus
- Gasterosteus argyropomus
- Gasterosteus atkinsi
- Gasterosteus bailloni
- Gasterosteus biaculeatus
- Gasterosteus biarmatus
- Gasterosteus bispinosus
- Gasterosteus brachycentrus
- Gasterosteus cataphractus
- Gasterosteus cuvieri
- Gasterosteus dekayi
- Gasterosteus dimidiatus
- Gasterosteus elegans
- Gasterosteus gymnurus
- Gasterosteus hologymnus
- Gasterosteus inopinatus
- Gasterosteus insculptus
- Gasterosteus intermedius
- Gasterosteus leiurus
- Gasterosteus loricatus
- Gasterosteus microcephalus
- Gasterosteus nemausensis
- Gasterosteus neoboracensis
- Gasterosteus neustrianus
- Gasterosteus niger
- Gasterosteus noveboracensis
- Gasterosteus obolarius
- Gasterosteus plebeius
- Gasterosteus ponticus
- Gasterosteus pugetti
- Gasterosteus quadrispinosa
- Gasterosteus quadrispinosus
- Gasterosteus santaeannae
- Gasterosteus semiarmatus
- Gasterosteus semiloricatus
- Gasterosteus serratus
- Gasterosteus spinulosus
- Gasterosteus suppositus
- Gasterosteus teraculeatus
- Gasterosteus tetracanthus
- Gasterosteus texanus
- Gasterosteus trachurus
- Gasterosteus williamsoni
- Gastrosteus aculeatus
- Gastrosteus hologymnus
- Gastrosteus microcephalus
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Sources
- COROLLA Jean-Pierre, FEY Laurent, KUPFER Michel in : DORIS, 27/03/2021 : Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758, https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/1449
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 12/01/2025 : Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus, https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/856
Modification history
- Modified by Alain Mayoux on 18/12/2024
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