Pungitius pungitius Ninespine stickleback

Pungitius pungitius is commonly referred to as Ninespine stickleback. Difficulty in the aquarium: Łatwy . A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5474 

AphiaID:

126507 

Scientific:

Pungitius pungitius 

German:

Neunstachliger Stichling 

English:

Ninespine Stickleback 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Gasterosteiformes (Order) > Gasterosteidae (Family) > Pungitius (Genus) > pungitius (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Russland, the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Australia, Canada Eastern Pacific, China, Corea, European Coasts, Greenland, Japan, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Sea of Okhotsk, USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 110 Meter 

Size:

2.56" - 3.54" (6.5cm - 9cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Insects, Invertebrates, Lobster eggs, Oyster eggs 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

Łatwy  

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pungitius bussei
• Pungitius hellenicus
• Pungitius laevis
• Pungitius platygaster
• Pungitius polyakovi
• 
  Pungitius pungitius
  Neunstachliger Stichling
• Pungitius sinensis
• Pungitius stenurus
• Pungitius tymensis

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-05-17 19:55:42 

Last edit:

2020-04-04 19:47:50 

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