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Threespine Stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 90, February 78, March 121, April 289, May 533, June 353, July 294, August 270, September 238, October 199, November 116, December 105.
United States104,882
Canada16,109
Quebec2,687
Ontario2,668
California2,029
New York1,492
British Columbia1,472
Washington1,010
Nova Scotia891
Michigan772

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilySticklebacks · Gasterosteidae
GenusThreespine Sticklebacks · Gasterosteus

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