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GBIF·5204681speciesAnimalia8,364 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderGasterosteiformes
  4. ›familyGasterosteidae
  5. ›genusApeltes
Apeltes quadracus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Fourspine Stickleback

Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill, 1815)

Also calledAmerikanischer Stichling (deu) · Chetyrekhiglaya kolyushka (rus) · Czterokolec (pol) · Epinoche à quatre épines (fra) · Esganagata-de-água-salobra (por) · Vierstacheliger Stichling (deu) · Vierstachliger Stichling (deu) · koljuška čtyřtrnná (ces) · Épinoche à Quatre Epines (fra) · épinoche à quatre épines (fra) · колюшка четырехиглая (rus) · 북미사극가시고기 (kor) · Firepigget hundestejle (dan)

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Apeltes quadracus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5204681.