Animalia > Chordata > Gasterosteiformes > Gasterosteidae > Gasterosteus > Gasterosteus wheatlandi

Gasterosteus wheatlandi (Barnstickle; Barnystickle; Barnytickle; Blackspotted stickleback; Black-spotted stickleback; Branchy; Branstickle; Doctor; Prickley; Prickly; Prickly back; Spanicle; Spannistickle; Spanny; Spannytickle; Spantickle; Sparnicle; Sparny; Sparnytickle; Spawn; Spawnykettle; Spawnytickle; Thornback; Thorny back; Two-spined stickleback)

Synonyms: Gasterosteus gladiunculus
Language: Danish; French; Mandarin Chinese; Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

Blackspotted stickleback (Gasterosteus wheatlandi) is a fish species, found in the western Atlantic from the coasts of Newfoundland (Canada) to Massachusetts (United States). Brackishwater / marine benthic fish, up to 7.5 cm length.
View Wikipedia Record: Gasterosteus wheatlandi

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  80

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cape Cod National Seashore II 21724 Massachusetts, United States
Gros Morne National Park II 476632 Newfoundland, Canada
Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct National Park II 4970 Nova Scotia, Canada
Kouchibouguac National Park II 59161 New Brunswick, Canada
Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park National Marine Conservation Area II 310822 Canada

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gyrodactylus avalonia[2]
Gyrodactylus canadensis[2]
Podocotyle atomon[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Reproductive tactics of four sympatric sticklebacks (Gasterosteidae), David Craig & Gerard J. FitzGerald, Env. Biol. Fish. Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 369-375, 1982
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0