hellenicus, Pungitius Stephanidis [A.] 1971:228, Figs. 7-8 [Biologia Gallo-Hellenica v. 3 (no. 2); ref. 7539] Sperchios River Valley, Greece. Syntypes: (40) MNHN 1975-0867 (8). •Synonym of Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies -- (Lelek 1987:267 [ref. 22962]). •Valid as Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis 1971 -- (Economidis 1995:206 [ref. 23025], Keivany et al. 1997:558 [ref. 22904], Kottelat 1997:166 [ref. 22952], Keivany & Nelson 1998:458 [ref. 24681], Keivany & Nelson 2000:116 [ref. 24720], McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Paepke in Bănărescu & Paepke 2002:261 [ref. 25856], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:496 [ref. 29996], Barbieri et al. 2015:97 [ref. 35029], Matsumoto et al. 2021:17 [ref. 38508], Wang et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38800]). Current status: Valid as Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis 1971. Gasterosteidae. Distribution: Europe: central Greece. Habitat: freshwater.