Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei

Family: Gasterosteidae

Genus: Gasterosteus

Species: Gasterosteus microcephalus Girard, 1854

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Adults are confined to small streams (Ref. 559). Feed on aquatic insects and other invertebrates (Ref. 559). Males build nests on muddy bottoms and guards eggs and young for several weeks (Ref. 559).

Habitat

demersal