Amur stickleback

Amur stickleback
	Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis)
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Gasterosteidae
Genus:	Pungitius
Species:	P. sinensis
Binomial name
	Pungitius sinensis; (Guichenot, 1869)
Synonyms[2]
	Gasterosteus sinensis Guichenot, 1869 ; Pungitius pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) ; Pungitius sinensis sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) ; Pygosteus pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) ; Pygosteus sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) ; Pygosteus kaibarae Tanaka, 1915 ; Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915) ; Pungitius sinensis kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915) ;

The Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis) is a species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae. This freshwater, brackish water, or marine benthopelagic fish is usually 6.5 cm (up to 9 cm) in length. It is widespread in East Asia: off the Korean peninsula, northeast and north China, Japan, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka peninsula, and the basin of the Amur River.

References

Martins, J. & Wiswedel, S. (2015). "Pungitius sinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T19915743A19915756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T19915743A19915756.en. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Pungitius sinensis" in FishBase. August 2022 version.

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