Ninespine stickleback: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ninespine stickleback lives – recorded in 10 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pungitius pungitius
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	10 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Perciformes
Family	Gasterosteidae

Where does the ninespine stickleback live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ninespine stickleback in 10 countries and territories across Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the ninespine stickleback endangered?

The ninespine stickleback’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ninespine stickleback?

The ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) is a ray-finned fish in the order Perciformes and the family Gasterosteidae, genus Pungitius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ninespine stickleback

The ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius), also called the ten-spined stickleback, is a freshwater species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae that inhabits temperate waters. It is widely but locally distributed throughout Eurasia and North America. Despite its name, the number of spines can vary from 8 to 12.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ninespine stickleback (revision 1375942758), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q754894 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).