Pungitius

Taxobox
name = Pungitius
fossil_range = Late Miocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-08 ]

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image_caption = nine-spined stickleback
"Pungitius pungitius"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Gasterosteiformes
familia = Gasterosteidae
genus = "Pungitius"

"Pungitius" is a genus of fish in the Gasterosteidae family. It contains the following species:
* ellinopygósteos ("Pungitius hellenicus")
* ukranian stickleback ("Pungitius platygaster")
* nine-spined stickleback ("Pungitius pungitius")

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