Gasterosteus
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| Gasterosteus microcephalus | |
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Gasterosteus
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| Gasterosteus aculeatus |
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Obolarius Tilesius, 1811 |
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Gasterosteus is a genus of sticklebacks.
Species
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:
- Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Three-spined stickleback)
- Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & R. Mayer, 1956 (Techirghiol stickleback)
- Gasterosteus islandicus Sauvage, 1874 (Iceland stickleback)
- Gasterosteus microcephalus Girard, 1854 (Smallhead stickleback)
- Gasterosteus nipponicus Higuchi, Sakai & A. Goto, 2014 [1]
- Gasterosteus wheatlandi Putnam, 1867 (Black-spotted stickleback)
Additionally there are a number of fossil species including:
- Gasterosteus kamoensis Nazarkin, Yabumoto & Urabe, 2013
References
- ↑ Higuchi, M., Sakai, H. & Goto, A. (2014): A new threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus nipponicus sp. nov. (Teleostei: Gasterosteidae), from the Japan Sea region. Ichthyological Research, (61) 4: 341-351.
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