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GBIF·5739510speciesAnimalia138,053 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderGasterosteiformes
  4. ›familyGasterosteidae
  5. ›genusPungitius
Pungitius pungitius
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Nine-spined Stickleback

Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Also calledCierniczek północny (pol) · Crethyll Naw Pigyn (cym) · Deviņadatu stagars (lav) · Esganagata-de-dez-espinhos (por) · Espinoso de Nueve Espinas (spa) · Luukarits (est) · Nipigget hundestejle (dan) · Spinarello a nove spine (ita) · Spinarello nordico (ita) · Stechelstange (deu) · Zwergstichling (deu) · cierniczek (pol) · crothell naw pigyn (cym) · devynspyglė dyglė (lit)

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Pungitius pungitius in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5739510.