Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Gasterosteoidei > Family Gasterosteidae

Pungitius Coste, 1848

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971
Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)
Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859)
Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トミヨ属

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Coste, P. (1848). Nidification des épinoches et des épinochettes. Mem. Pres. Div. Savants Acad. Sci. Inst. Natl. Fr. 10(2): 574-588. 1 col pl.
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pungitius Coste, 1848. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125776

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Pungitius Coste, 1848. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/cc3caf5a-5259-4d61-838b-34a99b816758