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Fifteen-Spined Stickleback (Spinachia spinachia)
FishverifiedLeast Concern

Spinachia spinachia

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Fifteen-Spined Stickleback

Also known as: Zeestekelbaars, Sea Stickleback, Fifteen-Spine Stickleback

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About

Habitat

Benthopelagic

Depth

1–6 m

Max size

22 cm

Diet

Hunting macrofauna (predator)

Taxonomy

Class

Teleostei

Order

Perciformes

Family

Gasterosteidae

Where to find it

Other species in Gasterosteidae

Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)

Pungitius pungitius

Nine-spined Stickleback

Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Gasterosteus aculeatus

Three-Spined Stickleback

Culaea inconstans

Image: © Vsevolod Rudyi (CC-BY) · iNaturalist (CC-BY) · source