Spinachia spinachia, Sea stickleback

Spinachia spinachia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sea stickleback
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei (Sticklebacks) > Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks and tubesnouts)
Etymology: Spinachia: Derived from Latin, spine = thorn (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; non-migratory; depth range 1 - 6 m (Ref. 130221). Temperate; 71°N - 43°N, 11°W - 55°E

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Northeast Atlantic: north-western Europe.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4119)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 17. Front of body brassy-yellow in the male, with larger pectoral fins than in the female (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults live solitary or in pairs in weedy, shallow coastal areas (Ref. 4119). Feed on small invertebrates (Ref. 4119). Males build a nest from algae and debris, using kidney excrete as glue. Spawning season is May to June. Females deposit 150 - 200 eggs in the nest and often die shortly afterwards (Ref. 9900). Males care for and defend the nest. Offsprings reach maturity in one year (Ref. 4645).

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Males build, guard and aerate the nest where the eggs are deposited (Ref. 205). Also Ref. 53335.

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Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlström, 1974. Collins guide to the sea fishes of Britain and North-Western Europe. Collins, London, UK. 244 p. (Ref. 173)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 January 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.00468 (0.00204 - 0.01073), b=3.05 (2.84 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		3.5   ±0.37 se; based on food items.
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.78; tm=1).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Low vulnerability (19 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 35 [8, 105] mg/100g; Iron = 0.37 [0.14, 1.25] mg/100g; Protein = 2.67 [0.00, 6.47] %; Omega3 = 0.522 [0.226, 1.292] g/100g; Selenium = 9.45 [1.54, 29.35] μg/100g; VitaminA = 19.8 [6.0, 61.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.842 [0.413, 1.601] mg/100g (wet weight);