family
Sticklebacks
Gasterosteidae
Field notes
The sticklebacks are a family of ray-finned fishes, the Gasterosteidae which have a Holarctic distribution in fresh, brackish and marine waters. They were thought to be related to the pipefish and seahorses but are now thought to be more closely related to the eelpouts and sculpins.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native sticklebacks All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Threespine Stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus
10,423 observations
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Brook Stickleback
Culaea inconstans
3,579 observations
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Ninespine Stickleback
Pungitius pungitius
1,083 observations
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Fourspine Stickleback
Apeltes quadracus
516 observations
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Blackspotted Stickleback
Gasterosteus wheatlandi
69 observations
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Unarmored Threespine Stickleback
Gasterosteus williamsoni
26 observations