Pungitius - Sticklebacks
Classification
Genus:
Pungitius - Sticklebacks
Family: Gasterosteidae - Sticklebacks
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Pungitius is a genus of sticklebacks.
There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:
Pungitius bussei (Warpachowski, 1888)
Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971 (Ellinopygósteos)
Pungitius laevis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Smoothtail ninespined stickleback)
Pungitius modestus Matsumoto, Matsuura & Hanzawa, 2021[4]
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)