💧 Freshwater
Data Deficient
🌡️ Temperate
Sakhalin stickleback
Pungitius tymensis Nikolskii, 1889
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit weedy streams. Males build, guard and aerate the nest where the eggs are deposited just above the bottom .
Scientific Name
Pungitius tymensis
Authority
Nikolskii, 1889
Habitat
Freshwater
Climate
Temperate
IUCN Status
DD
Max Length
7 cm
Trophic Level
3.4
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
12.00/100
Salinity
0–0.5 ppt
🔬 Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii
Order
Perch-like fishes
Perciformes
Family
Gasterosteidae
Gasterosteidae
Genus
Pungitius
Pungitius
Species
Sakhalin stickleback
Pungitius tymensis
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Sakhalin stickleback is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Sakhalin stickleback is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
aquatic invertebrates
small fish
algae
detritus
🥚 Reproduction
🐣 Oviparous
🪺 Nest Builder
Spawning Season
spring
Spawn Location
Nest
Fertilization
External
Males build, guard and aerate the nest where the eggs are deposited .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate; 55°N - 42°N, 141°E - 145°E
🌿 Ecology
Zone Preferences
💧 Freshwater
Trophic Level
3.4±0.2
📐 Morphometrics
Length–Weight Relationship:
W = 0.00468 × L3.05
(TL)
Max TL
7cm
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
Salinity Range
0–0.5ppt
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
IUCN Category
Data Deficient
Assessment Date
2016
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
12.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3.4
Predator
Climate Zone
Temperate
Described By
Nikolskii, 1889
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