Biology:Amur stickleback

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Amur stickleback
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Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Pungitius
Species:
P. sinensis
Binomial name
Pungitius sinensis
(Guichenot, 1869)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pungitius sinensis kaibarae Pungitius kaibarae
  • Pygosteus pungitius sinensis Gasterosteus sinensis
  • Guichenot, 1869 (Guichenot, 1869)
  • (Guichenot, 1869) (Tanaka, 1915)
  • Pygosteus sinensis Pungitius sinensis sinensis
  • (Guichenot, 1869) (Tanaka, 1915)
  • Pungitius pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
  • Tanaka, 1915 Pygosteus kaibarae

The Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis) is a species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae. This freshwater, brackish water, or marine benthopelagic fish is usually 6.5 cm (up to 9  cm) in length. It is widespread in East Asia: off the Korean peninsula, northeast and north China , Japan , the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka peninsula, and the basin of the Amur River.

References

  1. Martins, J.; Wiswedel, S. (2015). "Pungitius sinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T19915743A19915756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T19915743A19915756.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19915743/19915756. Retrieved 29 November 2022. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Pungitius sinensis" in FishBase. August 2022 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1041642 entry