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Gasterosteus Linnaeus, 1758

1195945  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1195945)

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  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Gasterosteiformes (Order)
  7. Gasterosteidae (Family)
  8. Gasterosteus (Genus)
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Gastrosteus · unaccepted (misspelling)

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  1. Species Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Species Gasterosteus crenobiontus Bacescu & Mayer, 1956
  3. Species Gasterosteus microcephalus Girard, 1854
  4. Species Gasterosteus wheatlandi Putnam, 1867
  5. Species Gasterosteus algeriensis Sauvage, 1874 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  6. Species Gasterosteus argentatissimus Blanchard, 1866 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  7. Species Gasterosteus argyropomus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  8. Species Gasterosteus atkinsi Bean, 1879 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  9. Species Gasterosteus atkinsii Bean, 1879 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  10. Species Gasterosteus bailloni Blanchard, 1866 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  11. Species Gasterosteus biaculeatus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  12. Species Gasterosteus biarmatus Krynicki, 1840 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  13. Species Gasterosteus bispinosus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  14. Species Gasterosteus blanchardi Sauvage, 1874 accepted as Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  15. Species Gasterosteus brachycentrus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  16. Species Gasterosteus breviceps Blanchard, 1866 accepted as Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)
  17. Species Gasterosteus burgundianus Blanchard, 1866 accepted as Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)
  18. Species Gasterosteus bussei Warpachowski, 1888 accepted as Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
  19. Species Gasterosteus canadus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766)
  20. Species Gasterosteus carolinus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  21. Species Gasterosteus cataphractus (Pallas, 1814) accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  22. Species Gasterosteus concinnus Richardson, 1836 accepted as Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  23. Species Gasterosteus cuvieri Girard, 1850 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  24. Species Gasterosteus dekayi Agassiz, 1850 accepted as Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  25. Species Gasterosteus Dekayi Ayres, 1855 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  26. Species Gasterosteus dimidiatus Reinhardt, 1837 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  27. Species Gasterosteus ductor Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758)
  28. Species Gasterosteus elegans Blanchard, 1866 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  29. Species Gasterosteus equus Cabrera, Pérez & Haenseler, 1817 accepted as Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  30. Species Gasterosteus globiceps Sauvage, 1874 accepted as Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)
  31. Species Gasterosteus globiceps Sauvage, 1874 accepted as Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  32. Species Gasterosteus gymnetes Dawson, 1859 accepted as Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)
  33. Species Gasterosteus gymnurus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  34. Species Gasterosteus hologymnus Regan, 1909 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  35. Species Gasterosteus inconstans Kirtland, 1841 accepted as Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)
  36. Species Gasterosteus inopinatus Girard, 1854 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  37. Species Gasterosteus insculptus Richardson, 1855 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  38. Species Gasterosteus intermedius Girard, 1856 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  39. Species Gasterosteus islandicus Sauvage, 1874 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  40. Species Gasterosteus japonicus Houttuyn, 1782 accepted as Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn, 1782)
  41. Species Gasterosteus laevis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)
  42. Species Gasterosteus leiurus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  43. Species Gasterosteus loricatus Reinhardt, 1837 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  44. Species Gasterosteus lotharingus Blanchard, 1866 accepted as Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)
  45. Species Gasterosteus mainensis Storer, 1837 accepted as Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  46. Species Gasterosteus nebulosus Agassiz, 1850 accepted as Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  47. Species Gasterosteus nemausensis Crespon, 1844 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  48. Species Gasterosteus neoboracensis DeKay, 1842 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  49. Species Gasterosteus neustrianus Blanchard, 1866 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  50. Species Gasterosteus niger Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  51. Species Gasterosteus noveboracensis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  52. Species Gasterosteus obolarius Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  53. Species Gasterosteus occidentalis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  54. Species Gasterosteus ovatus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  55. Species Gasterosteus platygaster Kessler, 1859 accepted as Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859)
  56. Species Gasterosteus plebeius Girard, 1854 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  57. Species Gasterosteus ponticus Nordmann, 1840 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  58. Species Gasterosteus pugetti Girard, 1856 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  59. Species Gasterosteus pungitius Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  60. Species Gasterosteus pygmaeus Agassiz, 1850 accepted as Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840)
  61. Species Gasterosteus quadracus Mitchill, 1815 accepted as Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill, 1815)
  62. Species Gasterosteus quadrispinosa Crespon, 1844 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  63. Species Gasterosteus quadrispinosus Crespon, 1844 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  64. Species Gasterosteus saltatrix Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766)
  65. Species Gasterosteus santaeannae Regan, 1909 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  66. Species Gasterosteus semiarmatus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  67. Species Gasterosteus semiloricatus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  68. Species Gasterosteus serratus Ayres, 1855 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  69. Species Gasterosteus sinensis Guichenot, 1869 accepted as Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)
  70. Species Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spinachia spinachia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  71. Species Gasterosteus spinarella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Dactylopterus volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
  72. Species Gasterosteus spinulosus Yarrell, 1835 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  73. Species Gasterosteus suppositus Sauvage, 1874 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  74. Species Gasterosteus teraculeatus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  75. Species Gasterosteus tetracanthus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  76. Species Gasterosteus texanus Sauvage, 1874 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  77. Species Gasterosteus trachurus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
  78. Species Gasterosteus tymensis Nikolskii, 1889 accepted as Pungitius tymensis (Nikolskii, 1889)
  79. Species Gasterosteus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
  80. Species Gasterosteus vulgaris Maudyut, 1848 accepted as Pungitius laevis (Cuvier, 1829)
  81. Species Gasterosteus williamsoni Girard, 1854 accepted as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 295 [details] 
Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). Misspellings include Gasterosterus and Gastrosteus. Name spelled Gasterostius...  
Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). Misspellings include Gasterosterus and Gastrosteus. Name spelled Gasterostius by Nau 1787, and Garterosteus by Griffith & Smith 1834 in synonymy. (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Gasterosteus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1195945 on 2025-01-28
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 09:43:47Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 295 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Gladiunculus Jordan & Evermann, 1927) Jordan, D.S. & Evermann, B.W. (1927). New genera and species of North American Fishes. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4.</em> 16(15): 501-507., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3174959
page(s): 504 [details] 

original description (of Gasteroleus Radermacher, 1779) Verh. Batav. Genoot., 1
page(s): 98 [details] 

original description (of Gasteracanthus Pallas, 1814) Zoographia, 3
page(s): 228 [details] 

original description (of Obolarius Tilesius, 1811) in Tilesius, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 3
page(s): 225 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mixed Marine + Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). Misspellings include Gasterosterus and Gastrosteus. Name spelled Gasterostius by Nau 1787, and Garterosteus by Griffith & Smith 1834 in synonymy. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 [details]
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To WoRMS (from synonym Gasteracanthus Pallas, 1814)
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