Amur stickleback
Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
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 sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
- Name authority
- (Guichenot, 1869)
- Common name
- Amur stickleback
- 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: yes · 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderGasterosteoidei
- familyGasterosteidae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusPungitius Coste, 1848
- speciesPungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pungitius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971 | GasterosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829) | GasterosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| southern ninespine sticklebackPungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859) | GasterosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pungitius tymensis (Nikolskii, 1889) | GasterosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pungitius nakamurai Matsumoto & Matsuura, 2026 | GasterosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pungitius bussei (Warpachowski, 1888) | GasterosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pungitius polyakovi Shedko, Shedko & Pietsch, 2005 | GasterosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pungitius stenurus (Kessler, 1876) | GasterosteidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gasterosteus sinensis Guichenot, 1869 Guichenot, 1869 | synonym |
| Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915) (Tanaka, 1915) | synonym |
| Pungitius pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) (Guichenot, 1869) | synonym |
| Pungitius sinensis sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) (Guichenot, 1869) | synonym |
| Pygosteus kaibarae Tanaka, 1915 Tanaka, 1915 | synonym |
| Pygosteus sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) (Guichenot, 1869) | synonym |
| Pungitius sinensis kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915) (Tanaka, 1915) | synonym |
| Pygosteus pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) (Guichenot, 1869) | synonym |
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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272522 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:4QHWV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.