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Three-spined stickleback
Three-spined stickleback
(Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Gasterosteiformes
Family
Gasterosteidae
Genus
Gasterosteus
(1)
Size
Length: 4-6 cm
(2)
Status
Common and widespread in Britain
(3)
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