Amur stickleback

Amur stickleback
	Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis)
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gasterosteiformes
Family:	Gasterosteidae
Genus:	Pungitius
Species:	P. sinensis
Binomial name
	Pungitius sinensis; (Guichenot, 1869)
Synonyms
	Gasterosteus bussei (non Warpachowski, 1888); Gasterosteus sinensis Guichenot, 1869; Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915); Pungitius pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869); Pungitius sinensis kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915); Pungitius sinensis sinensis (Guichenot, 1869); Pygosteus kaibarae Tanaka, 1915; Pygosteus pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869); Pygosteus sinensis (Guichenot, 1869);

The Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis) is a species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae. This freshwater, brackish water, or marine benthopelagic fish is usually 6.5 cm (up to 9 cm) in length.[2] It is widespread in East Asia: off the Korean peninsula, northeast and north China, Japan, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka peninsula, and the basin of the Amur River.

References

Martins, J.; Wiswedel, S. (2015). "Pungitius sinensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T19915743A19915756.en. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Pungitius sinensis at FishBase

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