Gasterosteidae

blackspotted stickelback

Gasterosteus wheatlandi

Gasterosteid Fish of Western Atlantic

• Black
• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Atlantic Ocean
• North America
• Small
• Temperate fish

The blackspotted stickleback (Gasterosteus wheatlandi) is species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gasterosteidae, the sticklebacks. This fish is found in the western Atlantic from the coasts of Newfoundland (Canada) to Massachusetts (United States). This is a benthopelagic species of marine and brackish waters, rarely entering freshwater, which remains near the shore.