Family Gasterosteidae - Sticklebacks and tubesnouts
  Order
:
Gasterosteidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 5 | Species : 20 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
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Peripheral/diadromous
  Aquarium
:
some
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Tertiary     Miocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: Northern Hemisphere. Body may be elongate, naked or with bony scutes along the sides. Three to sixteen well-developed isolated dorsal spines preceed a normal dorsal fin having 6-14 rays; caudal fin rays 12-13; a single spine and 1-2 soft rays in the pelvic fin; three branchiostegal rays; circumorbital ring incomplete posteriorly; epineurals present; vertebrae 28-42. About 18 cm maximum length reached in Spinachia spinachia. Sticklebacks have been widely used in scientific studies. Several subspecies are recognized by authors and the family is in need of revision.
  Etymology
:
Greek, gaster = stomach + Greek, osteon = bone ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
guarders
  Typical activity level
:
normal
  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Perciformes | Cottoidei | Gasterosteales | Gasterosteidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Gasterosteidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
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Leiurus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Gasterosteus niger Cuvier, 1829
synonymjuniororiginal
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Gasterosteus dimidiatus Reinhardt, 1837
synonymjuniororiginal
Gasterosteus loricatus Reinhardt, 1837
synonymotheroriginal
Gasterosteus biarmatus Krynicki, 1840
synonymjuniororiginal
Gasterosteus ponticus Nordmann, 1840
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
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! Gasterosteus Dekayi Ayres, 1855
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Gasterosteus insculptus Richardson, 1855
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Gasterosteus neustrianus Blanchard, 1866
synonymjuniororiginal
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Gasterosteus elegans Blanchard, 1866
synonymjuniororiginal
Gasterosteus bailloni Blanchard, 1866
synonymjuniororiginal
Gasterosteus texanus Sauvage, 1874
synonymjuniororiginal
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misappliedmisappliedchange in rank
Gasterosteus microcephalus (non Girard, 1854)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Gasterosteus islandicus (non Sauvage, 1874)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956
acceptedseniorchange in rank
! Gasterosteus aculeatus crenobionta Băcescu & Mayer, 1956
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Gasterosteus nipponicus Higuchi, Sakai & Goto, 2014
acceptedseniororiginal
Spinachia spinachia (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus, 1758
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Spinachia vulgaris Fleming, 1828
synonymjuniororiginal
Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill, 1815)
acceptedseniornew
Gasterosteus quadracus Mitchill, 1815
synonymseniororiginal
Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Gasterosteus pungitius Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Gasteracanthus pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
synonymseniornew
Pygosteus pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
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Gasterosteus concinnus Richardson, 1836
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Gasterosteus dekayi Agassiz, 1850
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ambiguousotheroriginal
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Gasterosteus burgundianus (non Blanchard, 1866)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Gasterosteus laevis Cuvier, 1829
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Gasterosteus lotharingus Blanchard, 1866
synonymjuniororiginal
Gasterosteus breviceps Blanchard, 1866
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
ambiguousotheroriginal
Pungitius vulgaris (Mauduyt, 1848)
acceptedseniornew
Gasterosteus vulgaris Mauduyt, 1848
synonymjuniororiginal
Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859)
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Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
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Gasterosteus sinensis Guichenot, 1869
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Pungitius sinensis sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
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Pygosteus sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
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Pygosteus kaibarae Tanaka, 1915
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Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915)
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Gasterosteus bussei (non Warpachowski, 1888)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Pungitius stenurus (Kessler, 1876)
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Gasterosteus stenurus Kessler, 1876
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Pungitius bussei (Warpachowski, 1888)
acceptedseniornew
Gasterosteus bussei Warpachowski, 1888
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Pungitius tymensis (Nikolskii, 1889)
acceptedseniornew
Gasterosteus tymensis Nikolskii, 1889
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synonymseniornew
Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
Pungitius polyakovi Shedko, Shedko & Pietsch, 2005
acceptedseniororiginal
Pungitius modestus Matsumoto, Matsuura & Hanzawa, 2021
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Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)
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Eucalia inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)
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Gasterosteus pygmaeus Agassiz, 1850
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Eucalia pygmaea (Agassiz, 1850)
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Gasterosteus globiceps (non Sauvage, 1874)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
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