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Gasterosteidae
Pinfish
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Gasterosteid Fish from Japanese Waters
- Cross-climate
- Temperate
- Tropical
- Northern Hemisphere
- Transcontinental
- Africa
- East Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Cross-climate
Africa
Fusiform
SmallPinfish is a fish found around Circumarctic and temperate regions. It inhabits coastal waters. The largest recorded length is 11 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Gasterosteidae
- Genus
- Gasterosteus
- Maximum length
- 11 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Circumarctic and temperate regions: Extending south to the Black Sea, southern Italy, Iberian Peninsula, North Africa; in Eastern Asia north of Japan (35°N), in North America north of 30-32°N; Greenland.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
