Blackspotted stickleback

Blackspotted stickleback
Blackspotted stickleback (upper right corner)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Gasterosteus
Species: G. wheatlandi
Binomial name
Gasterosteus wheatlandi
Putnam, 1867

The 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.


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