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Amur stickleback

Summary

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.

Amur stickleback
Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis)
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Pungitius sinensis" in FishBase. August 2022 version.