


Nine-spined Stickleback (Pungitius pungitius)
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Common name: Nine Spined stickleback
Scientific name: (Pungitius pungitius)
Locations: inshore, estuaries, weedy shores
Seasonality: available all year
Colors: dark olive, deep grey, pale fins with red membranes
Size: 4”
Collected: dip net
Quantity: by the each
NOTE: These fish must ship OVERNIGHT or 2-Day service UPS
Common name: Nine Spined stickleback
Scientific name: (Pungitius pungitius)
Locations: inshore, estuaries, weedy shores
Seasonality: available all year
Colors: dark olive, deep grey, pale fins with red membranes
Size: 4”
Collected: dip net
Quantity: by the each
Tidepool Tim says, "Three-spined sticklebacks are quite plentiful in the Gulf of Maine. They are famous for their evolutionary radiance out of the sea and into lakes and streams with access to Northern Atlantic waters. For example, ocean dwelling sticklebacks have 30 bony plates covering their body, while lake varieties have only a handful toward the front of their bodies (moving toward a bony skull arrangement)."