Pungitius

Pungitius is a genus of sticklebacks.

Pungitius
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Present[1]
Nine-spined Stickleback (P. pungitius)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Pungitius
d'Annone, 1760[2]
Type species
Gasterosteus pungitius
Species

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Species

There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gasterosteidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pungitius in FishBase. October 2012 version.
  4. Tatsuya Matsumoto; Keiichi Matsuura & Naoto Hanzawa (2021). "A new species of nine-spined stickleback, Pungitius modestus(Gasterosteiformes, Gasterosteidae), from northern Honshu, Japan". Zootaxa. 5005 (1): 001–020. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5005.1.1. PMID 34811283.


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