Pungitius is a genus of sticklebacks.

Pungitius
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Present[1]
Nine-spined Stickleback (P. pungitius)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Pungitius
d'Annone, 1760[2]
Type species
Gasterosteus pungitius
Species

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Species

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There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gasterosteidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pungitius". FishBase. October 2012 version.
  4. ^ Tatsuya Matsumoto; Keiichi Matsuura & Naoto Hanzawa (2021). "A new species of nine-spined stickleback, Pungitius modestus(Gasterosteiformes, Gasterosteidae), from northern Honshu, Japan". Zootaxa. 5005 (1): 001–020. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5005.1.1. PMID 34811283.