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Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ninespine stickleback
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Common names: Barnstickle, Barnystickle, Barnytickle
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
Importance: of no interest | Ref: Coker, G.A., C.B. Portt and C.K. Minns, 2001
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in all provinces and territories (Ref. 52559), including Yukon Territory (Ref. 119194). Abundant in salt water and brackish pools along the shores of Hudson and James bays and in sloughs and shallow shore waters of northern Canada (Ref. 1998). Also Ref. 5723, 5951, 7251, 58426, 118443.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Épinochette, Spawnytickle, Épinoche à neuf épines, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei (Sticklebacks) > Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks and tubesnouts)
Etymology: Pungitius: Name meaning one that pricks.
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
Name often misapplied for Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829) that replaces Pungitius pungitius in nothwesternmost Europe.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 110 m (Ref. 58426), usually 70 - 77 m (Ref. 1998).   Boreal; 10°C - 20°C (Ref. 1672); 82°N - 35°N, 180°W - 180°E

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