APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Three-spined stickleback
Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- male attending nest 1

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- male attending nest 2

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- male attending nest 3

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- male attending nest 4

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- nest 1

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- adult fish top view 1

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- adult fish top view 2

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- fish side view 1

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- fish side view in net 1

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- fish attending nest 1

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- fish attending nest 2

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- fish attending nest 3

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- fish attending nest 4

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- eggs in nest 1

Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- eggs in nest 2

Species found in freshwater at the boating lake at Wherry Town, Penzance, and in pools at the King George V Memorial Walk, Hayle, Cornwall. The species can commonly be found in saltwater and in rockpools across the region.

Species was found in saltwater pools at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 25.07.13; and usually annually there as a result of draining Wherrytown Boating Lake, where thousands of sticklebacks are killed on an annual basis as a result of the draining the lake so people can play with their precious toy boats.

Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Three spined stickleback Rockpool Fish Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.