Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei
Family: Gasterosteidae Sticklebacks and tubesnouts

Genus: Pungitius

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11 species (see list below)
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Pungitius bussei
[]

Photo by Keivany, Y.

Europe
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971

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Pungitius hellenicus
[]

Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/D. Terver

Euorope
Max. Length 8 cm SL
Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)

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Pungitius laevis
[Smoothtail ninespine stickleback]
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Max. Length 5.7 cm SL
 
Pungitius modestus
[]

Photo by Artaev, O.

Europe and Asia
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859)

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Pungitius platygaster
[Southern ninespine stickleback]

Photo by Shedko, S.V.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 5.1 cm SL
Pungitius polyakovi Shedko, Shedko & Pietsch, 2005

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Pungitius polyakovi
[]

Photo by Hartl, A.

Circumarctic
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Pungitius pungitius
[Ninespine stickleback]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 9 cm SL
Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)

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Pungitius sinensis
[Amur stickleback]
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Pungitius stenurus
[]

Photo by Keivany, Y.

Asia
Max. Length 7 cm TL
Pungitius tymensis (Nikolskii, 1889)

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Pungitius tymensis
[Sakhalin stickleback]
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Max. Length 4.6 cm SL
 
Pungitius vulgaris
[Poitevin stickleback]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pungitius bussei Asia 1888
Pungitius hellenicus Europe 4.5 SL 1971
Pungitius laevis Smoothtail ninespine stickleback Euorope 8 SL 1829
Pungitius modestus Asia 5.7 SL 2021
Pungitius platygaster Southern ninespine stickleback Europe and Asia 6 SL 1859
Pungitius polyakovi Northwest Pacific 5.1 SL 2005
Pungitius pungitius Ninespine stickleback Circumarctic 9 TL 1758
Pungitius sinensis Amur stickleback Asia 9 SL 1869
Pungitius stenurus Asia 1876
Pungitius tymensis Sakhalin stickleback Asia 7 TL 1889
Pungitius vulgaris Poitevin stickleback Europe 4.6 SL 1848



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