Ninespine stickleback

Ninespine stickleback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Pungitius
Species:
P. pungitius
Binomial name
Pungitius pungitius
Synonyms[2]
  • Gasterosteus pungitius Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gasteracanthus pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pungitius pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Pygosteus pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Gasterosteus occidentalis Cuvier, 1829
  • Gasterosteus concinnus Richardson, 1836
  • Gasterosteus mainensis Storer, 1837
  • Gasterosteus dekayi Agassiz, 1850
  • Gasterosteus nebulosus Agassiz, 1850
  • Gasterosteus globiceps Sauvage, 1874
  • Gasterosteus blanchardi Sauvage, 1874
  • Gasterosteus pungitius brachypoda Bean, 1879
  • Pygosteus pungitius brachypoda (Bean, 1879)
  • Pygosteus pungitius trachura Bertin, 1925
  • Pygosteus pungitius semiarmata Bertin, 1925
  • Pygosteus pungitius carinata Bertin, 1925

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 North America. Despite its name, the number of spines can vary from 8 to 12.

  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Pungitius pungitius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T18878A18236204. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T18878A18236204.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pungitius pungitius". FishBase. August 2022 version.