''Pungitius'' is a genus of

stickleback The sticklebacks are a family of ray-finned fishes, the Gasterosteidae which have a Holarctic distribution in fresh, brackish and marine waters. They were thought to be related to the pipefish and seahorses but are now thought to be more clos ...

Species

There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * ''

Pungitius bussei ''Pungitius'' is a genus of sticklebacks. Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * '' Pungitius bussei'' ( Warpachowski, 1888) * '' Pungitius hellenicus'' Stephanidis, 1971 (Ellinopygósteos) * '' Pungitius laevis'' ( ...

'' ( Warpachowski, 1888) * ''

Pungitius hellenicus ''Pungitius hellenicus'', the Greek ninespine stickleback or ellinopygósteos, is a species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae. It is endemic to Greece. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater spring. It is threatened by habitat loss ...

'' Stephanidis, 1971 (Ellinopygósteos) * ''

Pungitius laevis ''Pungitius laevis'', commonly known as smoothtail ninespine stickleback, is a species of freshwater fish of the family Gasterosteidae. It is distributed in temperate brackish benthopelagic waters of coastal western Europe. Taxonomy ''Pungitius l ...

'' ( G. Cuvier, 1829) (Smoothtail ninespined stickleback) *''

Pungitius modestus ''Pungitius'' is a genus of sticklebacks. Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * ''Pungitius bussei'' ( Warpachowski, 1888) * '' Pungitius hellenicus'' Stephanidis, 1971 (Ellinopygósteos) * '' Pungitius laevis'' (G ...

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Pungitius platygaster The Ukrainian stickleback (''Pungitius platygaster'') also known as the Caspian ninespine stickleback, southern ninespine stickleback, and Aral ninespine stickleback, is a species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae. It is found in Afghanistan, B ...

'' ( Kessler, 1859) (Southern ninespined stickleback) * ''

Pungitius polyakovi ''Pungitius'' is a genus of sticklebacks. Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * ''Pungitius bussei'' ( Warpachowski, 1888) * '' Pungitius hellenicus'' Stephanidis, 1971 (Ellinopygósteos) * '' Pungitius laevis'' (G ...

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Pungitius pungitius The ninespine stickleback (''Pungitius pungitius''), also called the ten-spined stickleback, is a freshwater species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae that inhabits temperate waters. It is widely but locally distributed throughout Eurasia and ...

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) (Ninespined stickleback) * ''

Pungitius sinensis 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: of ...

'' ( Guichenot, 1869) (Amur stickleback) * ''

Pungitius stenurus ''Pungitius'' is a genus of sticklebacks. Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * ''Pungitius bussei'' ( Warpachowski, 1888) * '' Pungitius hellenicus'' Stephanidis, 1971 (Ellinopygósteos) * '' Pungitius laevis'' (G ...

'' ( Kessler, 1876) * ''

Pungitius tymensis The Sakhalin stickleback (''Pungitius tymensis'') is a fish of the family Gasterosteidae. It is a freshwater benthopelagic fish, that grows up to 7.0 cm in length. It is endemic to the islands of Hokkaido and Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, ...

'' ( A. M. Nikolskii, 1889) (Sakhalin stickleback)

References

Gasterosteidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Gasterosteiformes-stub