Blackspotted stickleback | |
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Blackspotted stickleback (upper right corner) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gasterosteiformes |
Family: | Gasterosteidae |
Genus: | Gasterosteus |
Species: | G. wheatlandi |
Binomial name | |
Gasterosteus wheatlandi Putnam, 1867 |
Blackspotted stickleback (Gasterosteus wheatlandi) is a fish species, found in the western Atlantic from the coasts of Newfoundland (Canada) to Massachusetts (United States). Brackishwater / marine benthic fish, up to 7.5 cm length.