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Gasterosteus aculeatus: Threespine Stickleback

Posted on January 4, 2021 by Garry Fletcher

submitted to iNaturalist: https://inaturalist.ca/observations/88785677

These are very abundant in Gooch Creek which runs onto Taylor Beach

 

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Gasterosteus
Species: G. aculeatus

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