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Taxon: Suborder Gasterosteoidei - sticklebacks (fish)
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Types

Nominotypical taxon ofGasterosteiformes (Order) Gill, 1872
TypeGasterosteus (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 309; 8 Feb 2024. [inferred]

Variants

Current rankGasterosteales (Infraorder) Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 31 ("similar to Gasterosteoidei in other classifications, but excluding Indostomidae").
Current rankGasterosteales (Infraorder) Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 86; 19 Feb 2025. [inferred]
Former rankGasterosteales (Infraorder) Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (14 Mar 2025). [inferred]
Incorrect spellingGasterosteioidei (Suborder) nom. imperf., nom. null. Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127. [indirect]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namesticklebacks Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 482.
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