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Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis)
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Gasterosteus bussei (non Warpachowski, 1888) Gasterosteus sinensis Guichenot, 1869 Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915) Pungitius pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) Pungitius sinensis kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915) Pungitius sinensis sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) Pygosteus kaibarae Tanaka, 1915 Pygosteus pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) Pygosteus sinensis (Guichenot, 1869)

The Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis) is a species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae. This freshwater, brackish water, or marine benthopelagic fish is usually 6.5 cm (up to 9 cm) in length. It is widespread in East Asia: off the Korean peninsula, northeast and north China, Japan, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka peninsula, and the basin of the Amur River.

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