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Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Gasterosteiformes
family
Gasterosteidae
genus
Gasterosteus
species
Gasterosteus aculeatus

Name

Synonyms
Gasteracanthus cataphractus Pallas, 1814
Gasterosteus aculcatus
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
Gasterosteus aculeatus algeriensis Sauvage, 1874
Gasterosteus aculeatus gymnurus Cuvier, 1829
Gasterosteus aculeatus leiurus Cuvier, 1829
Gasterosteus aculeatus messinicus Stephanidis, 1971
Gasterosteus aculeatus santaannae Regan, 1909
Gasterosteus aculeatus santaeannae Regan, 1909
Gasterosteus aculeatus trachurus Cuvier, 1829
Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni Girard, 1854
Gasterosteus algeriensis Sauvage, 1874
Gasterosteus argentatissimus Blanchard, 1866
Gasterosteus argyropomus Cuvier, 1829
Gasterosteus atkinsi Bean, 1879
Gasterosteus bailloni Blanchard, 1866
Gasterosteus biaculeatus Mitchill, 1815
Gasterosteus biarmatus Krynicki, 1840
Gasterosteus bispinosus Walbaum, 1792
Gasterosteus brachycentrus Cuvier, 1829
Homonyms
Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Agathero in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Agathero in language.
Alaskan Stickleback in English
Alaskan stickleback in English
Arselet in French
Banstickle in English
Banstickle in English
Barnstickle in English
Barnstickle in English
Barnystickle in English
Barnystickle in English
Barnytickle in English
Barnytickle in English
Beinmurtur in Faroese
Bodonja in Serbian
Branchy in English
Branchy in English
Branstickle in English
Branstickle in English
Burnstickle in English
Burnstickle in English
Ciernik in Polish
Common Stickleback in English
Common stickleback in English
Cordonnier in French
Crothell dri phigyn in Welsh
Crève-valet in French
Cukilrua'ak in language.
Cushy in English
Cushy in English
Dikence baligi in Turkish
Dikence balığı in Turkish
Doctor in English
Doctor in English
Dreistacheliger Stichling in German
Dreistacheliger Stichling in German
Dreistacheliger Stichling in German
Dreistachliger Stichling in German
Dreistachliger Stichling in German
Driedoornige stekelbaars in Dutch
Eastern Stickleback in English
Eastern stickleback in English
Eldmurtur in Faroese
Epinoche à trois épines in French
Esgana-gata in Portuguese
Esgana-gata in Portuguese
Esganagata in Portuguese
Espinhela in Portuguese
Espinocho in Spanish
Espinosillo in Spanish

Bibliographic References

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  5. Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 51 Revision of the entry on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology relating to the name Homarus Weber, 1795 (class Crustacea, order Decapoda) (revision of a ruling given in Opinion 104).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1D, 293-308 (1956)
  7. Krueger, William H. / Collette, Bruce B., and Grace Klein-MacPhee, eds., 2002: Sticklebacks: Family Gasterosteidae. Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, Third Edition. 312-321.
  8. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
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  10. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
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  14. Nijssen, H. (2001)
  15. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
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