Spawn
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Gasterosteidae
- Genus
- Gasterosteus
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 10 countries and 3 regions.
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 4 records
- Bornholm, Denmark - 36 records
- North Sea Coast, Denmark - 425 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 4 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 14 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 8 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 37 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 1 records
- Lofoten Islands, Norway - 21 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 71 records
- West Coast (Gothenburg), Sweden - 321 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 65 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 7 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 45 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 2 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 10 records
- Manitoba & Prairie Lakes, Canada - 18 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 249 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 14 records
- Nova Scotia, Canada - 102 records
- Québec, Canada - 558 records
- Alaska, United States - 695 records
- Great Lakes, United States - 9 records
- Pacific Northwest, United States - 255 records