#2088 · 🐟 fish
Ninespine Stickleback
🇳🇱 Tiendoornige stekelbaars ·Pungitius pungitius
📍 8316 PR Marknesse, Nederland
📍 Nieuwveense Landen, Meppel, Nederland
📍 8316 PR Marknesse, Nederland
📍 Burgemeester van Baaklaan, Wilnis, Utrecht, NL
📍 8316 Marknesse, Nederland
📍 Wageningen, NL-GE, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Alex R · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Eric C. Maxwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Cody Hough · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Claude Nozères · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 8316 PR Marknesse, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Nieuwveense Landen, Meppel, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 8316 PR Marknesse, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Burgemeester van Baaklaan, Wilnis, Utrecht, NL:© Rosanne Eilander · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 8316 Marknesse, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Wageningen, NL-GE, NL:© Zhaoqi Leng · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The ninespine stickleback ( Pungitius pungitius ), also called the ten-spined stickleback , is a freshwater species of fish in the Gasterosteidae family that inhabits temperate waters. It is widely but locally distributed throughout Eurasia and North America. Despite its name, the number of spines can vary from 8 to 12.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 90 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #17 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 1,117 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Ninespine Stickleback
- Nederlands
- Tiendoornige stekelbaars
- scientific name
- Pungitius pungitius
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Gasterosteidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 90
- sightings in Europe
- 417
- sightings worldwide
- 1,117
- GBIF records in NL
- 34,623
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Gasterosteidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 48399, Wikidata Q754894, GBIF 5739510, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.