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Gasterosteus
Linnaeus, 1758
- stickleback
(fish)
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Gasterosteidae (Family) - sticklebacks
..Apeltes (Genus)
..Culaea (Genus)
..Pungitius (Genus)
..Spinachia (Genus)
..Gasterosteus (Genus) - stickleback
....Gasterosteus aculeatus complex (Complex)
....Gasterosteus crenobiontus (Species)
....†Gasterosteus doryssus (Species)
....Gasterosteus microcephalus (Species)
....Gasterosteus wheatlandi (Species) - blackspotted stickleback
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 295.
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Types
Type of
:
Gasterosteidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1831
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 309; [<8 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Gasterosteiformes
(Order)
Gill, 1872
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 309; 30 Apr 2012.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Gasterosteoidei
(Suborder)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 309; 8 Feb 2024.
[inferred]
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Gasterosteus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
stickleback
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 686.
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