Apeltes
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Apeltes is a genus of fish
in the Gasterosteidae family.
It contains only one species, the Fourspine stickleback or Bloody stickleback, (Apeltes quadracus), which lives in freshwater
, brackish and benthopelagic environments of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean
between Newfoundland
and South Carolina
.
Adults may reach length of 6 cm, but the average size is about 4 cm.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Gasterosteidae family.
It contains only one species, the Fourspine stickleback or Bloody stickleback, (Apeltes quadracus), which lives in freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
, brackish and benthopelagic environments of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
between Newfoundland
Newfoundland
Newfoundland usually refers to either:* Newfoundland, the former name of Newfoundland and Labrador, a Canadian province in the eastern part of Canada* Newfoundland , an island that forms part of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador...
and South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
.
Adults may reach length of 6 cm, but the average size is about 4 cm.