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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Gasterosteiformes (Sticklebacks and seamoths) > Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks and tubesnouts)
Etymology: Pungitius: Latin, pungitius = prickling (Ref. 45335).

Issue
Often misidentified as Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) that it replaces in northwesternmost Europe..

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic. Temperate, preferred ?

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Euorope: coastal areas of western Europe from Netherlands to the Garonne drainage (France), Ireland and southern Great Britain.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 59043)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 10. Distinguished from congeners in Europe by having the following combination of characters: no lateral scutes; no scutes on side of caudal peduncle; dorsal fin with 8-10 spines; and caudal peduncle deeper than wide (Ref. 59043).

Adults inhabit shallow still water with dense vegetation. Feed predominantly on zooplankton, small crustaceans and benthic insects. Spawn for the first time at 1 year of age. Spawning takes place in April-June (Ref. 59043). Males build, guard and aerate the nest where the eggs are deposited (Ref. 205).

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"Males build a nest hanging to aquatic vegetation and take care of eggs and larvae. Eggs hatch in 10-20 days. Dies at end of spawning season" (Ref. 59043).

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Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)