Pungitius Explained

Pungitius is a genus of sticklebacks.

Species

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^[1]
• 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)

References

1. 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.1.1. 34811283 . free .