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title: "Ctenolepisma lineata"
description: "Ctenolepisma lineatum — Owady i pająki. Ctenolepisma lineatum, the four-lined silverfish, is a species of silverfish of the order Zygentoma."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/four-lined-silverfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ctenolepisma lineata

> Ctenolepisma lineatum — Owady i pająki. Ctenolepisma lineatum, the four-lined silverfish, is a species of silverfish of the order Zygentoma.

- Scientific name: *Ctenolepisma lineatum*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `urban` (Miasta i ogrody)
- iNaturalist observations: 9859
- Wikidata: [Q3543792](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543792)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1445652](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1445652)

## Names

- en: Four-lined Silverfish
- de: Kammfischchen
- es: Ctenolepisma lineata
- fr: Cténolépisme ligné
- it: Ctenolepisma lineata
- nl: Ctenolepisma lineata
- pt: Ctenolepisma lineata
- pl: Ctenolepisma lineata

## Countries with the most observations

US (2898), AT (637), IT (455), FR (344), CA (252), DE (188), UA (188), ES (101), CH (89), CL (78), HU (71), GR (62)

## Summary

Ctenolepisma lineatum, the four-lined silverfish, is a species of silverfish of the order Zygentoma. It is rather stouter and less shiny with all the appendages (antennae and 3 "tails") being noticeably longer. The abdomen is often marked with dark brown lines.
This species is native to southern Europe but is now found throughout most of the world, aside from polar and cooler temperate regions (e.g. the British Isles), as an accidental introduction. It is found both indoors and outdoors and can be a nuisance pest.
Recent studies on this species in Europe suggest that, due to speciation, there is enough geographical…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctenolepisma_lineatum

## Photo

![Ctenolepisma lineata](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/four-lined-silverfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jackson Kusack · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151494210

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/four-lined-silverfish?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).