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Ninespine Sticklebacks
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Ninespine Sticklebacks

Pungitius

Pungitius is a genus of sticklebacks.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 13 known species

Ninespine Stickleback

speciesPungitius pungitius

Amur Stickleback

speciesPungitius sinensis

Southern Nine-spined Stickleback

speciesPungitius platygaster

Short Ninespine Stickleback

speciesPungitius kaibarae

Sakhalin Stickleback

speciesPungitius tymensis

Smoothtail Ninespine Stickleback

speciesPungitius laevis

Busse's Ninespine Stickleback

speciesPungitius bussei

Greek Ninespine Stickleback

speciesPungitius hellenicus

Poitevin stickleback

speciesPungitius vulgaris

Pungitius nakamurai

speciesPungitius nakamurai

Polyakov's Stickleback

speciesPungitius polyakovi

Pungitius modestus

speciesPungitius modestus

Pungitius stenurus

speciesPungitius stenurus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Ninespine Sticklebacks in De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

De Piscibus Libri V et De Cetis Liber Unus

Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1661 · p.687

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48409.