Pungitius is a genus of sticklebacks.
Species
There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:
- Pungitius bussei <small>(Warpachowski, 1888)</small>
- Pungitius hellenicus <small>Stephanidis, 1971</small> (Ellinopygósteos)
- Pungitius laevis <small>(G. Cuvier, 1829)</small> (Smoothtail ninespined stickleback)
- Pungitius modestus <small>Matsumoto, Matsuura & Hanzawa, 2021</small>
- Pungitius platygaster <small>(Kessler, 1859)</small> (Southern ninespined stickleback)
- Pungitius polyakovi <small>S. V. Shedko, M. B. Shedko & Pietsch, 2005</small>
- Pungitius pungitius <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> (Ninespined stickleback)
- Pungitius sinensis <small>(Guichenot, 1869)</small> (Amur stickleback)
- Pungitius stenurus <small>(Kessler, 1876)</small>
- Pungitius tymensis <small>(A. M. Nikolskii, 1889)</small> (Sakhalin stickleback)
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