Pungitius

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Kingdom Animalia Order Gasterosteiformes Scientific name Pungitius Rank Genus		Phylum Chordata Family Gasterosteidae Higher classification Stickleback

Lower classifications Ninespine stickleback, Amur stickleback, Ukrainian stickleback, Ellinopygósteos

Small aquarium fish pungitius pungitius

Pungitius is a genus of sticklebacks.

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:

Pungitius bussei (Warpachowski, 1888)

Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971 (Ellinopygósteos)

Pungitius laevis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Smoothtail ninespined stickleback)

Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859) (Southern ninespined stickleback)

Pungitius polyakovi S. V. Shedko, M. B. Shedko & Pietsch, 2005

Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ninespined stickleback)

Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) (Amur stickleback)

Pungitius stenurus (Kessler, 1876)

Pungitius tymensis (A. M. Nikolskii, 1889) (Sakhalin stickleback)

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