General information |
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| Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 | ||
| Common name | Three-spined stickleback | |
| Synonyms |
Gasterosteus quadracus Mitchill, 1815 Gasteracanthus cataphractus Pallas, 1814 Gasterosteus aculeatus algeriensis Sauvage, 1874 Gasterosteus aculeatus messinicus Stephanidis, 1971 Gasterosteus aculeatus microcephalus (non-Girard, 1854) Gasterosteus algeriensis Sauvage, 1874 Gasterosteus argentatissimus Blanchard, 1866 Gasterosteus argyropomus Cuvier, 1829 Gasterosteus atkinsi Bean, 1879 Gasterosteus atkinsii Bean, 1879 Gasterosteus bailloni Blanchard, 1866 Gasterosteus biaculeatus Mitchill, 1815 Gasterosteus biarmatus Krynicki, 1840 Gasterosteus bispinosus Walbaum, 1792 Gasterosteus brachycentrus Cuvier, 1829 Gasterosteus cataphractus (Pallas, 1814) Gasterosteus cuvieri Girard, 1850 Gasterosteus Dekayi Ayres, 1855 Gasterosteus dimidiatus Reinhardt, 1837 Gasterosteus elegans Blanchard, 1866 Gasterosteus gymnurus (non-Cuvier, 1829) Gasterosteus hologymnus Regan, 1909 Gasterosteus inopinatus Girard, 1854 Gasterosteus insculptus Richardson, 1855 Gasterosteus intermedius Girard, 1856 Gasterosteus islandicus (non-Sauvage, 1874) Gasterosteus leiurus Cuvier, 1829 Gasterosteus loricatus Reinhardt, 1837 Gasterosteus microcephalus (non-Girard, 1854) Gasterosteus nemausensis Crespon, 1844 Gasterosteus neoboracensis DeKay, 1842 Gasterosteus neustrianus Blanchard, 1866 Gasterosteus niger Cuvier, 1829 Gasterosteus noveboracensis Cuvier, 1829 Gasterosteus obolarius Cuvier, 1829 Gasterosteus plebeius Girard, 1854 Gasterosteus ponticus Nordmann, 1840 Gasterosteus pugetti Girard, 1856 Gasterosteus quadrispinosa Crespon, 1844 Gasterosteus quadrispinosus Crespon, 1844 Gasterosteus semiarmatus Cuvier, 1829 Gasterosteus semiloricatus Cuvier, 1829 Gasterosteus serratus Ayres, 1855 Gasterosteus spinulosus Yarrell, 1835 Gasterosteus suppositus Sauvage, 1874 Gasterosteus teraculeatus Lacepede, 1801 Gasterosteus tetracanthus Cuvier, 1829 Gasterosteus texanus Sauvage, 1874 Gasterosteus trachurus Cuvier, 1829 Gastrosteus hologymnus Regan, 1909 |
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| IUCN Red List status (2014) | Least Concern (LC) |
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| Habitat | Saltwater and freshwater |
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| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata; Eupercaria; Perciformes; Cottioidei; Gasterosteales; Gasterosteidae. |
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| Geographical distribution | China; Japan; South Korea; North Korea; Iran; Turkey; Russia; Algeria; UK; Germany; France; Spain; Portugal; Italy; Greece; Bulgaria; Ukraine; Romania; Georgia; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; Iceland; Ireland; Greenland; Finland; Belgium; Netherlands; USA; Mexico; Canada; Alaska; Albania; Austria; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Czech Republic; Estonia; Hungary; Isle of Man; Latvia; Lithuania; Montenegro; Poland; Slovakia; Slovenia; Switzerland |
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| Occurrence | Questionable: China Native: Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Turkey, Russia, Algeria, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania, Georgia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Greenland, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, USA, Mexico, Canada, Alaska, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Isle of Man, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland Introduced: Iran, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia |
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| Importance | ||
| Remarks | Model species |
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Karyological information |
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| Geographical area of study | Lake Washington: Union Bay in Seattle, Washington and the Mercer Slough Nature Park in Bellevue, Washington, USA | |
| Source of chromosomes | Tissue |
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| Number of specimens with sex | Not reported |
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| Diploid chromosome number | 42 |
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| Karyotype formula | 9m+7sm+16a+10t male; 8m+8sm+16+10 female |
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| Fundamental arm number | 58 |
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| Chromosome length | Not reported |
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| Sex chromosome | Male heterogamety (Y metacentric; X submetacentric) |
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| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH | Fish with BAC clones helped to analyse chromosomal rearragements between the two stickleback species. |
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| Reference(s) |
Urton JR, McCann SR, Peichel CL (2011). Karyotype differentiation between two stickleback species (Gasterosteidae). Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 135:150–159. |
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