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Genera in the family or subfamily Gasterosteidae: [ 15 ] records

Apeltes DeKay [J. E.] 1842:67 Masc. Gasterosteus quadracus Mitchill 1815. Type by original designation. •Valid as Apeltes DeKay 1842 -- (McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Scharpf 2007:34 [ref. 30398]). Current status: Valid as Apeltes DeKay 1842. Gasterosteidae.

Culaea Whitley [G. P.] 1950:44 Fem. Gasterosteus inconstans Kirtland 1840. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Eucalia Jordan 1876, preoccupied by Eucalia Felder 1861 in Lepidoptera. •Valid as Culaea Whitley 1950 -- (Nelson 1969 [ref. 7145], McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Scharpf 2007:34 [ref. 30398], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:490 [ref. 29996]). Current status: Valid as Culaea Whitley 1950. Gasterosteidae.

Eucalia Jordan [D. S.] 1876:248 Fem. Gasterosteus inconstans Kirtland 1840. Type by monotypy. Described with one included species plus two additional varieties. More complete treatment in Jordan 1877:65 [ref. 2372]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Eucalia Felder 1861 in Lepidoptera; replaced by Culaea Whitley 1950. •Synonym of Culaea Whitley 1950. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Culaea Whitley 1950. Gasterosteidae.

Gasteracanthus Pallas [P. S.] 1814:228 Masc. Gasteracanthus cataphractus Pallas 1814. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation not researched. •Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193] as Gasteracenthus, Parin et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Gasterostea (subgenus of Gasterosteus) Sauvage [H.-E.] 1874:7, 29 Fem. Gasterosteus pungitius Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan 1919:377 [ref. 4904]. •Objective synonym of Pungitius Coste 1848 -- (Monod 1973:283 [ref. 7193], Denys et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35585]). •Synonym of Pungitius d'Annone 1760. Current status: Synonym of Pungitius d'Annone 1760. Gasterosteidae.

Gasterosteus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:295 Masc. Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:393 [ref. 2476]. On Official List (Opinion 77, Direction 56). Misspellings include Gasterosterus and Gastrosteus. Name spelled Gasterostius by Nau 1787:108 [ref. 18473], and Garterosteus by Griffith & Smith 1834:189 [ref. 1908] in synonymy. •Valid as Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:83 [ref. 6441], Arnoult 1986:280 [ref. 6213], Banister in Whitehead et al. 1986:640 [ref. 13676], Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:623 [ref. 21581], Reshetnikov & Savvaitove 1998:111 [ref. 23593], Houston 2001:152 [ref. 25428], McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:332 [ref. 25968], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:180 [ref. 28183], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Scharpf 2007:34 [ref. 30398], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:490 [ref. 29996], Kuiter 2009:322 [ref. 30404], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:36 [ref. 36649], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:121 [ref. 31212], Higuichi et al. 2014:1 [ref. 33316], Parin et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33547], Denys et al. 2015:37 [ref. 35420], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:895 [ref. 34062], Pietsch & Orr 2015:29 [ref. 34694], Zhang et al. 2016:192 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:56 [ref. 35138], Esmaeili et al. 2017:95 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:77 [ref. 36089]). Current status: Valid as Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Gastraea (subgenus of Gasterosteus) Sauvage [H.-E.] 1874:7 Fem. Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. •Objective synonym of Spinachia Cuvier 1816 -- (Monod 1973:286 [ref. 7193]). Current status: Synonym of Spinachia Cuvier 1816. Gasterosteidae.

Gladiunculus (subgenus of Gasterosteus) Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1927:504 Masc. Gasterosteus gladiunculus Kendall 1896. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy). Described as a new subgenus but no genus specifically mentioned. •Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Leiurus (subgenus of Gasterosteus) Swainson [W.] 1839:175, 242 Masc. Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Swain 1882:276 [ref. 5966]. Leiurus on Swainson page 326 not same genus. •Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Obolarius Tilesius [W. G. von] (ex Steller) 1811:225 Masc. Obolarius aculeatus Tilesius 1811. Species perhaps the same as Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 (not clear from text). Not translated, perhaps not recognized as valid by Tilesius. •Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:280 [ref. 7193]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae.

Polycanthus (subgenus of Aulostoma) Swainson [W.] 1839:175, 242 Masc. Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. As a subgenus on p. 175, a genus on p. 242. Not Polycanthus [Polyacanthus] Swainson 1839:174, 236 (ex Kuhl), a subgenus of Colisa. •Objective synonym of Spinachia Cuvier 1816 -- (Monod 1973:286 [ref. 7193]). Current status: Synonym of Spinachia Cuvier 1816. Gasterosteidae.

Pungitius d'Annone [J. J.] 1760:302 Masc. Gasterosteus pungitius Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Based on 'De ... Pungitio ...' of Jonston 1649:158 [ref. 30579]. Also appeared as new as Pungitius Coste 1848:588 [ref. 5556], without named species; subsequent addition of species for this taxon not researched; type above as given by Jordan 1923:174 [ref. 2421]; type may involve P. laevis (see footnote in Monod 1973:283 [ref. 7193]). •Valid as Pungitius Coste 1848 -- (Monod 1973:283 [ref. 7193], Takata et al. 1984 [ref. 6727], Ida in Masuda et al. 1984:83 [ref. 6441], Banister in Whitehead et al. 1986:641 [ref. 13676], Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:56 [ref. 22798], Reshetnikov & Savvaitove 1998:111 [ref. 23593], Keivany & Nelson 2000:107 [ref. 24720], McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:332 [ref. 25968], Kolpakov 2003:847 [ref. 27537], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:181 [ref. 28183], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Shedko et al. 2005:223 [ref. 29561], Scharpf 2007:35 [ref. 30398], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:490 [ref. 29996], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:121 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:204 [ref. 33547], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:895 [ref. 34062], Takahashi et al. 2016:44 [ref. 34337], Zhang et al. 2016:192 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:57 [ref. 35138], Esmaeili et al. 2017:95 [ref. 35254], Denys et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35585], Esmaeili et al. 2018:77 [ref. 36089]). •Valid as Pungitius d'Annone 1760 -- (Matsumoto et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38508], Wang et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38800]). Current status: Valid as Pungitius d'Annone 1760. Gasterosteidae.

Pygosteus Gill [T. N.] (ex Brevoort) 1861:39 Masc. Gasterosteus occidentalis Cuvier 1829. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1877:93 [ref. 4907]. •Synonym of Pungitius Coste 1848 -- (Monod 1973:283 [ref. 7193], Parin et al. 2014:204 [ref. 33547], Denys et al. 2017:13 [ref. 35585]). •Synonym of Pungitius d'Annone 1760. Current status: Synonym of Pungitius d'Annone 1760. Gasterosteidae.

Spinachia Cuvier [G.] 1816:320 Fem. Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy). •Valid as Spinachia Cuvier 1816 -- (Monod 1973:286 [ref. 7193], Banister in Whitehead et al. 1986:643 [ref. 13676], McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Keivany & Nelson 2006:S84 [ref. 28978], Kuiter 2009:322 [ref. 30404], Parin et al. 2014:206 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Spinachia Cuvier 1816. Gasterosteidae.

Spinachia Fleming [J.] 1828:219 Fem. Spinachia vulgaris Fleming 1828 (= Gasterosteus spinachia Linnaeus 1758). Type by monotypy. Spinachia vulgaris an unneeded substitute for Gasterosteus spinachia. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Spinachia Cuvier 1816. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Spinachia Cuvier 1816. Gasterosteidae.