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Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)

Amur stickleback
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Common names: Amur nine-spined stickleback, Amur stickleback, Amurskaya kolyushka
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the waters of western Kamchatka , Sakhalin (Ref. 37812), the Amur River, Lake Khanka, the Shantar islands (Ref. 26334), Vladivostok (sea and rivers) and the Sea of Okhotsk (Ref. 2058). Found also in the basins of the Poronai and Tym' Rivers (Ref. 27681). nEurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Ninespined stickleback, Amur ninespine stickleback, Épinochette, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei (Sticklebacks) > Gasterosteidae (Sticklebacks and tubesnouts)
Etymology: Pungitius: Name meaning one that pricks.
  More on author: Guichenot.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

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

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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