Sakhalin stickleback

Sakhalin stickleback
Sakhalin stickleback (Pungitius tymensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Pungitius
Species: P. tymensis
Binomial name
Pungitius tymensis
(A. M. Nikolskii, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Gasterosteus tymensis A. M. Nikolskii, 1889
  • Pungitius pungitius tymensis (A. M. Nikolskii, 1889)

Sakhalin stickleback (Pungitius tymensis) is a fish of the Gasterosteidae family. It is a freshwater benthopelagic fish, that grows up to 7.0 cm in length. It is endemic to the islands of Hokkaido and Sakhalin.


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