Biology:Smallhead stickleback
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Gasterosteidae |
| Genus: | Gasterosteus |
| Species: | G. microcephalus
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| Gasterosteus microcephalus Girard, 1854
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The smallhead stickleback (Gasterosteus microcephalus), or resident threespined stickleback, is a fish species, which widespread in the basin of the Pacific Ocean: Japan , also Mexico. Freshwater demersal fish, up to 5.5 cm (2.2 in) length. Habits small streams, where feeds on aquatic insects and other invertebrates.[1] This taxon is regarded by some authorities as a synonym of the three-spined stickleback (G. aculeatus),[2] and others treat it as a subspecies of the three-spined stickleback, G. a. microcephalus.[3]
References
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- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Gasterosteus microcephalus" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Gasterosteus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Gasterosteus.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf. "Checklist of Freshwater Fishes of North America, Including Subspecies and Undescribed Forms". North American Native Fishes Association. http://www.nanfa.org/checklist.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q5914116 entry
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