Amur stickleback

Amur stickleback
	Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis)
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gasterosteiformes
Family:	Gasterosteidae
Genus:	Pungitius
Species:	P. sinensis
Binomial name
	Pungitius sinensis; (Guichenot, 1869)
Synonyms
	Gasterosteus bussei (non Warpachowski, 1888); Gasterosteus sinensis Guichenot, 1869; Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915); Pungitius pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869); Pungitius sinensis kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915); Pungitius sinensis sinensis (Guichenot, 1869); Pygosteus kaibarae Tanaka, 1915; Pygosteus pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869); Pygosteus sinensis (Guichenot, 1869);

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.^[2] 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[]

^ Martins, J.; Wiswedel, S. (2015). "Pungitius sinensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T19915743A19915756.en. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Pungitius sinensis at FishBase

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[Martins_2015-1] Martins, J.; Wiswedel, S. (2015). "Pungitius sinensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T19915743A19915756.en. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[2] Pungitius sinensis at FishBase

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Amur stickleback

Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis)
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gasterosteiformes
Family:	Gasterosteidae
Genus:	Pungitius
Species:	P. sinensis
Binomial name
*Pungitius sinensis* (Guichenot, 1869)
Synonyms
Gasterosteus bussei (non Warpachowski, 1888) Gasterosteus sinensis Guichenot, 1869 Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915) Pungitius pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) Pungitius sinensis kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915) Pungitius sinensis sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) Pygosteus kaibarae Tanaka, 1915 Pygosteus pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) Pygosteus sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)