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.
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Three-spined stickleback
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Three-spined stickleback
Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus
- male attending nest 1
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.
APHOTOMARINE supports open source data recording and sharing for the benefit of wildlife, recorders, research, science and education. The project recommends the following websites and works with the following bodies and organisations.
The Marine Biological Association or MBA, based in Plymouth, is one of the world’s longest-running societies dedicated to promoting research into our oceans and the life they support. Since 1884 the MBA has been providing a unified, clear, independent voice on behalf of the marine biological community.It has a growing membership in over 40 countries.
The National Biodiversity Network or NBN is a charity that supports open source data sharing and recording supporting conservation, science and education. "Why do recorders need open source?". Simply because it supports the core values of wildlife recording and the free use of records and data over a very wide network that includes partners like the Natural History Museum.
The taxonomy used here is based on that of the following database, which is also used by the MBA, NHM and the NBN.
The World Register of Marine Species or WoRMS.
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.