Threespine-stickleback
or three-spined stickleback
[three-spahyn] /ˈθriˌspaɪn/
noun
1.
a widely distributed stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, occurring in marine, brackish, or fresh waters throughout the northern hemisphere.
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