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Amur stickleback

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Amur stickleback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Gasterosteus sinensis Guichenot, 1869
  • Pungitius pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
  • Pungitius sinensis sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
  • Pygosteus pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
  • Pygosteus sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
  • Pygosteus kaibarae Tanaka, 1915
  • Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915)
  • Pungitius sinensis kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915)

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

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  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. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pungitius sinensis". FishBase. August 2022 version.