Blackspotted Stickleback

Also called: Stickleback

Small, armored olive-silver fish with prominent dorsal spines and dark body markings.

Shallow coastal and brackish waters, often around vegetation.

Feeds on small aquatic invertebrates; males build and defend nests.

Not normally targeted by anglers.

A coastal species; displayed in both lists under the brackish convention with this coastal association noted.