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Gasterosteus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–present
Gasterosteus microcephalus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Gasterosteus
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Gasterosteus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Gasterosteidae, the sticklebacks. These fishes are found in freshwater, brackish water and marine habitats in the Holarctic region.

Species

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There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

Additionally there are a number of fossil species including:

Gasterosteus doryssus, a fossil freshwater species from Nevada

Fossils of essentially modern three-spined sticklebacks, assigned to G. aculeatus, are known from the mid-late Miocene of California, USA.[5]

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