Species: Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859)
Synonyms: Gasterosteus platygaster Kessler, 1859; Gasterosteus platygaster aralensis Kessler, 1877; Gasterosteus platygaster caucasicus Kessler, 1877; Gasterosteus platygaster danubica Steindachner, 1899; Gasterosteus platygaster kessleri Yakovlev, 1870; Gasterosteus platygaster niger Yakovlev, 1870; Gasterosteus pungitius niger Yakovlev, 1870; Pungitius platygaster aralensis (Kessler, 1877); Pygosteus platygaster nuda Berg, 1905
Common name: Southern ninespine stickleback
Taxonomy:
Family: Gasterosteidae
Order: Gasterosteiformes
Class: Actinopterygii
Phylum: Chordata
Native range: Ponto-Capsian.
Date of introduction/first record: First recorded in summer of 2008 (Semnchenko et al.2009).
Vector: Likely, natural spread from the territory of Ukraine (Semenchenko et al. 2009).
Records in Belarus: Dnieper River (Semenchenko et al. 2009).
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Potential ecological impacts: Unknown.
References:
  • Semenchenko VP, Rizevsky VK, Mastitsky SE, Vezhnovets VV, Pluta MV, Razlutsky VI and Laenko T (2009) Checklist of aquatic alien species established in large river basins of Belarus. Aquatic Invasions 4(2): 337-347. DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.2.5

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