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| Amur stickleback | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Gasterosteidae |
| Genus: | Pungitius |
| Species: | P. sinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) | |
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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. 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
[edit]- ^ Martins, J. & Wiswedel, S. (2015). "Pungitius sinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T19915743A19915756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T19915743A19915756.en. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pungitius sinensis". FishBase. August 2022 version.
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