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 > Genus Pungitius

Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pungitius*	Coste, 1848	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Gasterosteus platygaster*	Kessler, 1859	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: southern ninespine stickleback sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: südlicher Neunstachliger Stichling sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ποντοπυγόστεος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: pietinė dyglė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: cierniczek południowy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: колюшка малая южная sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: küçük güney dikenli balığı; uzun dikence balığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Багатоголкова колючка південна; Колючка багатоголкова південна; Колючка мала південна; колюшка мала південна

Literature

basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Pungitius platygaster, Russia, by Artaev, O.)
Fishbase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859). 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:126506

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/23208c90-2ca6-4fc8-9ad3-f613671359e8