Gasterosteus aculeatus

Linnaeus

Gasterosteus aculeatus was originally described as Gasterosteus aculeatus by Linnaeus in 1758. It belongs to the family Gasterosteidae. It is commonly known as Three-spined stickleback and is known épinoche à trois épines in USA (contiguous states), espinocho in USA (contiguous states), threespine stickleback in USA (contiguous states). more common names It is found in Fresh, Brackish and Salt water.

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Species	aculeatus
AuthorWI	Linnaeus [C.]
AuthorNI	Linnaeus
Qualification	---
Year	1758
Status	Valid
Class	Osteichthyes Osteichthyes
Order	Scorpaeniformes Scorpaeniformes
Family	Gasterosteidae
Subfamily	--- ---
Genus	Gasterosteus
Subgenus	---

Original Name	Gasterosteus
Taxon Name	aculeatus
Original Combination	Gasterosteus aculeatus
Original Genus	Gasterosteus
Original Genus Species	Gasterosteus aculeatus
OriginalSubGenus	Gasterosteus

Original Author	Linnaeus
Original AuthorWI	Linnaeus [C.]
Original Qualification	---
Original Year	1758
Original Family	Gasterosteidae
Original SubFamily	---
Original Level	species

Type Locality	Europe.
Types	Syntypes: Zool. Soc. Lond. 29 (left half-skin), 30-31 (2, right half-skins).

Primary Code	---

Journal	Systema Nat. ed. 10
Citation	v. 1
Page	295


SubSpecies AuthorWI	---

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Current Subspecies AuthorWI	---

Current Genus Species	Gasterosteus aculeatus
Current Species	aculeatus
Current Genus	Gasterosteus
Current AuthorWI	Linnaeus [C.]
Current AuthorNI	Linnaeus
Current Year	1758
Current Family	Gasterosteidae
Current Subfamily	--- ---


Habitat	freshwater, brackish, marine.
Water	Fresh, Brackish and Salt water
Habitat Notes	Inhabits vegetated areas, usually over mud or sand (Ref. 5723). In the sea, confined to coastal waters. Forms schools. Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed (Ref. 12114, 12115). Feeds on worms, crustaceans, larvae and adult aquatic insects, drowned aerial insects, and small fishes; has also been reported to feed on their own fry and eggs (Ref. 1998). Eaten by fishes, seals and sea birds (Ref. 2850). Used as a laboratory animal (Ref. 1998).
Depth Range	From 0 to 27 meters.

Current Summary	Valid as *Gasterosteus aculeatus* Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Name History	•Valid as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758, subspecies aculeatus -- (Okada 1961:605 [ref. 6363], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:433 [ref. 25598], Pietsch et al. 2001:144 [ref. 25688], Moyle 2002:340 [ref. 26449], Scharpf 2007:34 [ref. 30398]). •Valid as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Berg 1949:972 [ref. 20662], Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193], Lee et al. 1980:563 [ref. 22416], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:128 [ref. 9277], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:83 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:276 [ref. 22186], Banister in Whitehead et al. 1986:640 [ref. 13676], Arnoult 1986:280 [ref. 6213], Robins & Ray 1986:122 [ref. 23100], Lelek 1987:267 [ref. 22962], McAllister 1990:217 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:243 [ref. 18983], Haglund et al. 1992 [ref. 19890], Espinosa Pérez et al. 1993:62 [ref. 22290], Swift et al. 1993:123 [ref. 22379], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:623 [ref. 21581], Poll & Gosse 1995:109 [ref. 24781], Coad 1995:26 [ref. 23608], Zhu 1995:165 [ref. 25213], Mrakovcic et al. 1995:185 [ref. 23079], Chereshnev 1996:605 [ref. 24659], Coad 1996:85 [ref. 25304], Bianco et al. 1996:56 [ref. 26724], Cheng & Zhou 1997:233 [ref. 26385], Kottelat 1997:164 [ref. 22952], Murdy et al. 1997:135 [ref. 23144], Kim 1997:386 [ref. 24032], Nikiforov et al. 1997:330 [ref. 24694], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:747 [ref. 24702], Bianco 1997:620 [ref. 26725], Reshetnikov & Savvaitove 1998:111 [ref. 23593], Caldecutt & Adams 1998:827 [ref. 23613], Ahnelt et al. 1998:395 [ref. 23708], Scott & Crossman 1998:665 [ref. 24570], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:9 [ref. 24670], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:226 [ref. 24550], Fuller et al. 1999:334 [ref. 25838], Lyons et al. 2000:51 [ref. 26594], Nakabo 2000:513 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:25 [ref. 25650], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26178], Caldecutt et al. 2001:936 [ref. 25815], Chereshnev et al. 2001:112 [ref. 26736], Zemnukhov et al. 2001:420 [ref. 25412], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:64 [ref. 26753], Kim & Park 2002:308 [ref. 25913], Krueger in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:314 [ref. 26158], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:333 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:513 [ref. 26001], Paepke in Bănărescu & Paepke 2002:209 [ref. 25856], Roe et al. 2002:903 [ref. 26504], Choi et al. 2003:231, 552 [ref. 26218], Pichugin et al. 2003:169 [ref. 26890], Hagiwara 2003:37 [ref. 27188], Fedorov et al. 2003:57 [ref. 27579], Jang et al. 2003:120 [ref. 27681], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:167 [ref. 27816], Hanel 2003:61 [ref. 27894], Alekseyev et al. 2004:54 [ref. 27625], Bailey et al. 2004:168 [ref. 27882], Nelson et al. 2004:111 [ref. 27807], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:180 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:175 [ref. 28369], Miller 2006:320 [ref. 28615], Hanel & Lusk 2005:334 [ref. 28804], Fricke 2007:28 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:73 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:492 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva 2007:70 [ref. 30517], McPhail 2007:432 [ref. 31199], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:169 [ref. 31251], Kuiter 2009:322 [ref. 30404], Esmaeili et al. 2010:375 [ref. 33391], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:36 [ref. 36649], Møller et al. 2010:50 [ref. 31169], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:121 [ref. 31212], Page & Burr 2011:464 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:113 [ref. 32708], Bianco 2013:9 [ref. 32897], Parin et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:895 [ref. 34062], Pietsch & Orr 2015:29 [ref. 34694], Çiçek et al. 2015:151 [ref. 35151], Denys et al. 2015:41 [ref. 35420], Afonso et al. 2016:39, 155 [ref. 36199], Kells et al. 2016:122 [ref. 35888], Zhang et al. 2016:192 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:56 [ref. 35138], Esmaeili et al. 2017:95 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:77 [ref. 36089], Artüz & Fricke 2019:555 [ref. 36612], Burton & Lea 2019:56 [ref. 37205], Ćaleta et al. 2019:190 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:252 [ref. 37108], Özuluğ & Saç 2019:27 [ref. 36599]).