WoRMS taxon details
Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 126505
AphiaID: 126505
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gasterosteiformes (Order) > Gasterosteidae (Family) > Gasterosteus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Gasterosteus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Gasterosteus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Gastrosteus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 page(s): 295 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: 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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: 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. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 295 [details] from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Giltay, L. (1930). Poissons recueillis au Groenland Oriental, en 1927 et en 1928, par M. Dumbrava [Fish caught in eastern Greenland, in 1927 and in 1928, by M. Dumbrava]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 6(22): 1-7 (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Gasterosteus aculeatus santaeannae Regan, 1909 Subspecies Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni Girard, 1854 Subspecies Gasterosteus aculeatus algeriensis Sauvage, 1874 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Gasterosteus aculeatus gymnurus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Gasterosteus aculeatus messinicus Stephanidis, 1971 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Baltic sea [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Black Sea [details] British Columbia [details] British Isles [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] Greenlandic Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Riga [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Hudson Bay [details] Hudson Strait [details] IJsselmeer [details] North East Baltic Sea [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] North West Atlantic [details] North West Territories [details] Oostende [details] Oosterschelde [details] Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Sas van Goes [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Ungava Bay [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Voordelta [details] Wadden Sea [details] Westerschelde [details] Wimereux [details] Zeeschelde [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Ergasilus sieboldi von Nordmann, 1832 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Thersitina gasterostei (Pagenstecher, 1861) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus lacustris Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus manicatus Wilson C.B., 1911 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Argulus canadensis Wilson C.B., 1916 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Argulus foliaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Caligus clemensi Parker & Margolis, 1964 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus biuncinatus Gadd, 1901 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus funduli Kroyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus nerkae Roberts, 1963 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus turgidus Fraser, 1920 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Bomolochus cuneatus Fraser, 1920 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Ergasilus auritus Markevich, 1940 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lernaeocera gasterostei Bruhl, 1860 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (52 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (773 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (308412 nucleotides; 1725 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758) [details] Diet: Feeds on copepods, euphausiids, isopods, small fishes and fish eggs [details] Distribution: Hudson Bay to Chesapeake Bay [details] Habitat: Benthopelagic species found to depths of 27 m, inhabits vegetated areas over sand and mud bottoms. [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Importance: Scientific- Laboratory animal for studies on growth and variability [details] Predators: Mergansers, charr, eels, sculpins and salmon [details] Reproduction: Moves into freshwater to spawn between April and September, a nest of twigs is constructed on bottom [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126505 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126505 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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