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Smallhead stickleback

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Smallhead stickleback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Gasterosteus
Species:
G. microcephalus
Binomial name
Gasterosteus microcephalus
Girard, 1854
Synonyms
  • Gasterosteus aculeatus microcephalus Girard, 1854

The smallhead stickleback (Gasterosteus microcephalus) is a stickleback. Some authorities think it is a synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus or a subspecies of that taxon.

References

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  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Gasterosteus microcephalus" in FishBase. August 2022 version.