1, growing in different places. Spinibarbus barbatus grows in fresh water or seawater, while rays live in streams.
2. Different shapes. The characteristic of stickleback fish is that both dorsal fin and ventral fin have spines, and there are no scales, because the scales are deformed into scales as hard as bones and arranged in a row along the lateral line. Rays are slender, with flat sides, silvery gray, reddish and blue stripes. The mouth is very big and the edges of the upper and lower jaws are uneven.