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Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971
Name authority
Stephanidis, 1971
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Gasterosteidae
Genus
Pungitius
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderGasterosteoidei
  12. familyGasterosteidae Bonaparte, 1831
  13. genusPungitius Coste, 1848
  14. speciesPungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Pungitius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)GasterosteidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
southern ninespine sticklebackPungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859)GasterosteidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pungitius tymensis (Nikolskii, 1889)GasterosteidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pungitius nakamurai Matsumoto & Matsuura, 2026GasterosteidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pungitius bussei (Warpachowski, 1888)GasterosteidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pungitius polyakovi Shedko, Shedko & Pietsch, 2005GasterosteidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Amur sticklebackPungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)GasterosteidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pungitius stenurus (Kessler, 1876)GasterosteidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 17 records assigned to Gasterosteidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Stephanidis, A. (1971). Epi merikon ichthyon ton gaukeon tiz Ellados. [On some fishes of the Greek fresh waters.]. Biologia Gallo-Hellenica, 3 (2): 213–241. [In Greek, English & French summaries.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4QHWP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.