CaRMS taxon details
original description
(of ) Mitchill, S. L. (1815). The fishes of New-York, described and arranged. <em>Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York.</em> v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814): 355-492, Pls. 1-6. page(s): 430, Pl. 1 [details]
basis of record
Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on (marine) gammarids, isopods, chironomids and plants; (freshwater) arthropods and larvae of cladocerans, chironomids and ephemeropterans [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence to North Carolina [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Habitat Primarily a saltwater fish found along weedy bays, but can be found in freshwater. [details]
Importance Scientific- Laboratory animal for studies on growth and life span [details]
Predators American eel, killifish, Atlantic tomcod and sticklebacks, including their own kind [details]
Reproduction Spawn from May to July; build nests on bottom [details]
Language | Name | |
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English |
fourspine stickleback |
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French |
épinoche à quatre épines |
[details] |
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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