Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Gasterosteidae Sticklebacks and tubesnouts

Genus: Pungitius

(See list of species below)

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9 species (see list below)

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Asia

Pungitius bussei
[]

Photo by Keivany, Y.

Pungitius hellenicus
[]

Photo by Keivany, Y.

Pungitius laevis
[Smoothtail ninespine stickleback]

Photo by Artaev, O.

Pungitius platygaster
[Southern ninespine stickleback]

Photo by Shedko, S.V.

Pungitius polyakovi
[]

Photo by Hartl, A.

Pungitius pungitius
[Ninespine stickleback]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Pungitius sinensis
[Amur stickleback]

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Asia

Pungitius stenurus
[]

Photo by Keivany, Y.

Pungitius tymensis
[Sakhalin stickleback]

9 Species of Family Gasterosteidae with Genus Pungitius
(Sticklebacks and tubesnouts)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1888	Pungitius bussei		Asia
1971	Pungitius hellenicus		Europe	4.5 SL
1829	Pungitius laevis	Smoothtail ninespine stickleback	Euorope	8 SL
1859	Pungitius platygaster	Southern ninespine stickleback	Europe and Asia	6 SL
2005	Pungitius polyakovi		Northwest Pacific	5.1 SL
1758	Pungitius pungitius	Ninespine stickleback	Circumarctic	9 TL
1869	Pungitius sinensis	Amur stickleback	Asia	9 SL
1876	Pungitius stenurus		Asia
1889	Pungitius tymensis	Sakhalin stickleback	Asia	7 TL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: ActinopterygiiOrder: GasterosteiformesFamily: Gasterosteidae Sticklebacks and tubesnoutsGenus: Pungitius(See list of species below)

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Gasterosteidae Sticklebacks and tubesnouts

Genus: Pungitius

(See list of species below)