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Armored Sticklebacks
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Armored Sticklebacks

Indostomus

Indostomus is the sole genus of the monogeneric family Indostomidae, indigenous to freshwater habitats in Indochina. The indostomids are small, tropical fish in the stickleback order Gasterosteiformes, and are closely related to seahorses and pipefishes (family Syngnathidae).

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Indostomus crocodilus

speciesIndostomus crocodilus

Toothpick Fish

speciesIndostomus paradoxus

Indostomus spinosus

speciesIndostomus spinosus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89106.