Japan Sea stickleback

Gasterosteus nipponicus

Fish Reaching Seven Point Two Centimeters in the Pacific Ocean

Tropical
Coastal
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Gasterosteus nipponicus is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gasterosteidae, the sticklebacks. This species is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Gasterosteus
Maximum length: 7.2 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North Pacific: coastal Japan facing the Sea of Japan from Kyushu to Hokkaido Islands, along the Pacific coast of northern Japan from Chiba Prefecture to Hokkaido, along the Sea of Okhotsk of Hokkaido, Japan, west to the southern and eastern coasts of Korean Peninsula, the Maritime Territory and north to Sakhalin Island, Russia.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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