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ninespine stickleback

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Also known as Pungitius pungitius

species of fish

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Within Vinony's link graph, ninespine stickleback is referenced by 71 other articles, and connects out to stickleback, Turkey and Animalia.

Vinony files it under Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Commons link from Wikidata and Fauna of the Holarctic realm.

Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Least Concern

ninespine stickleback

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassTeleostei
  3. OrderPerciformes
  4. FamilyGasterosteidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

via IUCN

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taxon name
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taxon common name
nipigget stingsild
short name
P. pungitius
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Encyclopedic overview

The ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius), also called the ten-spined stickleback, is a freshwater species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae that inhabits temperate waters. It is widely but locally distributed throughout Eurasia and North America. Despite its name, the number of spines can vary from 8 to 12.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ninespine stickleback” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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