Gasterosteus

Gasterosteus
Gasterosteus microcephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Gasterosteiformes
Family:
Gasterosteidae
Genus:
Gasterosteus

Type species
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Synonyms

Obolarius Tilesius, 1811
Gasteracanthus Pallas, 1814
Leiurus Swainson, 1839
Gladiunculus Jordan & Evermann, 1927

Gasterosteus is a genus of sticklebacks.

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

  • Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Three-spined stickleback)
  • Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & R. Mayer, 1956 (Techirghiol stickleback)
  • Gasterosteus islandicus Sauvage, 1874 (Iceland stickleback)
  • Gasterosteus microcephalus Girard, 1854 (Smallhead stickleback)
  • Gasterosteus nipponicus Higuchi, Sakai & A. Goto, 2014 [1]
  • Gasterosteus wheatlandi Putnam, 1867 (Black-spotted stickleback)

Additionally there are a number of fossil species including:

  • Gasterosteus kamoensis Nazarkin, Yabumoto & Urabe, 2013
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References
  1. Higuchi, M., Sakai, H. & Goto, A. (2014): A new threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus nipponicus sp. nov. (Teleostei: Gasterosteidae), from the Japan Sea region. Ichthyological Research, (61) 4: 341-351.


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