Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Fish › Sticklebacks

Sea Stickleback

Spinachia spinachia

Learn Sea Stickleback freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) annika18271, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 139, February 102, March 161, April 253, May 364, June 397, July 425, August 365, September 268, October 200, November 109, December 86.
United States2,869
Alaska2,869
United Kingdom51
Denmark47
Norway22
Scotland21
Midtjylland17
Sweden14
Västra Götalands län13
Nordland12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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
GenusSpinachia

Study it in a deck

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Sea Stickleback with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works