Pungitius is a genus of sticklebacks.

Species

There are currently ten recognized species in this genus:

• Pungitius bussei (Warpachowski, 1888)

• Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971 (Ellinopygósteos)

• Pungitius laevis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Smoothtail ninespined stickleback)

• Pungitius modestus Matsumoto, Matsuura & Hanzawa, 2021

• Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859) (Southern ninespined stickleback)

• Pungitius polyakovi S. V. Shedko, M. B. Shedko & Pietsch, 2005

• Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ninespined stickleback)

• Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) (Amur stickleback)

• Pungitius stenurus (Kessler, 1876)

• Pungitius tymensis (A. M. Nikolskii, 1889) (Sakhalin stickleback)

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