spinulosus, Gasterosteus Yarrell [W.] (ex Jenyns) 1835:350 [A manual of British vertebrate animals; ref. 18335] Edinburgh, Scotland. No types known. Also appeared in Yarrell 1836:83, fig. [ref. 4812], earliest not researched. •Tentatively a synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Kottelat 1997:164 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:281 [ref. 7193], Paepke in Bănărescu & Paepke 2002:209 [ref. 25856] as spinosus, Denys et al. 2022:397 [ref. 40085]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.