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Pungitius sinensis  (Guichenot, 1869)

Amur stickleback
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Gasterosteiformes (Sticklebacks and seamoths) > Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks and tubesnouts)
Etymology: Pungitius: Latin, pungitius = prickling (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic.   Temperate, preferred ?; 58°N - 34°N, 120°E - 161°E

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Asia: Korean Peninsula, Japan, Kuril islands, Amur basin and Kamchatka Peninsula.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50519); 9.0 cm SL (female)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-13; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 7 - 11

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Length in freshwater is recorded at 6.5 cm TL; in the sea, it is recorded at 8.5-9.0 cm TL (Ref. 2058). Males build, guard and aerate the nest where the eggs are deposited (Ref. 205).

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Males build, guard and aerate the nest where the eggs are deposited (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Reshetnikov, Y.S., 2003. Atlas of Russian freshwater fishes, Vol. 2. Moscow Nauka. (Ref. 50519)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2c+4c)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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