Species of fish
Ninespine stickleback
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Actinopterygii
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Order:
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Scorpaeniformes
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Family:
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Gasterosteidae
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Genus:
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Pungitius
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Species:
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P. pungitius
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Binomial name
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Pungitius pungitius
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Synonyms[2]
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- 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
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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.