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Gasterosteidae
southern ninespine stickleback
Pungitius platygaster
Six Centimeters Stickleback from European Waters
- Temperate
- Coastal
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Transcontinental
- Central Asia
- Europe
- Elongated
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Central Asia
Elongated
Smallsouthern ninespine stickleback is a freshwater fish from Europe and Asia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 6 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Gasterosteidae
- Genus
- Pungitius
- Maximum length
- 6 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Europe and Asia: Lower courses of rivers draining to northern shore of Black, Caspian and Aral Sea basins, Danube drainage as far upstream as Belgrade; isolated populations in Axios and Aliakmon drainages (Greece); upper Tobol system (Ob drainage), Lake Issyk-kul basin (Kyrgyzstan) and Sarysu drainage (central Kazakhstan).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
