Gasterosteus

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Gasterosteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Gasterosteus
Linnaeus, 1758

Gasterosteus is a genus of sticklebacks.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
    • Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Three-spined stickleback)
    • Gasterosteus aculeatus santaeannae Regan, 1909 (Santa Ana stickleback)
    • Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni Girard, 1854 (Unarmored threespine stickleback)
  • Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & R. Mayer, 1956 (Techirghiol stickleback)
  • Gasterosteus gymnurus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Nakedtail stickleback)
  • Gasterosteus islandicus Sauvage, 1874 (Iceland stickleback)
  • Gasterosteus microcephalus Girard, 1854 (Smallhead stickleback)
  • Gasterosteus wheatlandi Putnam, 1867 (Black-spotted stickleback)

Additionally there are a number of fossil species including:

  • Gasterosteus kamoensis Nazarkin, Yabumoto and Urabe, 2013

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Gasterosteus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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