Brook stickleback
Culaea inconstans
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The brook stickleback comes from North America (Canada and the northern United States), from cool, vegetated lakes, ponds and streams. It is the only member of its genus and has five short dorsal spines. The male builds a nest of plants, where the female lays the eggs, and guards it. A coldwater fish.
- Scientific name
- Culaea inconstans
- Family
- Gasterosteidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Gasterosteidae
- Order
- Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei
- Synonyms
- Eucalia inconstans, Eucalia inconstans pygmaea, Eucalia pygmaea, Gasterosteus globiceps, Gasterosteus gymnetes, Gasterosteus inconstans, Gasterosteus pygmaeus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Norte
Water
- Temperature
- 4–18 °C
- pH
- 7
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 8.7 cm
- Lifespan
- 2 years
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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