Species that contain: Apeltes and quadracus [ 3 ] records

apeltes, Gasterosteus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:505 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] No locality. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4062 (2) Philadelphia, Lesueur coll. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:40 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill 1815) -- (Denys et al. 2022:395 [ref. 40085]). Current status: Synonym of Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill 1815). Gasterosteidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

millepunctatus, Gasterosteus Ayres [W. O.] 1843:294, Pl. 12 (fig. 3) [Boston Journal of Natural History v. 4 (no. 3) (art. 24); ref. 15929] New York and Connecticut, U.S.A. No types known. Appeared first as name only in Ayres 1842:58 [ref. 15927] and without distinguishing features in Ayres 1842:259 [ref. 15930]. •Synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Monod 1973:281 [ref. 7193]). •Synonym of Gasterosteus quadracus Mitchill 1815 -- (Smith 1986:274 [ref. 22186] as millipunctatus). •Synonym of Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill 1815) -- (Scott & Crossman 1998:660 [ref. 24570], Denys et al. 2022:395 [ref. 40085]). Current status: Synonym of Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill 1815). Gasterosteidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

quadracus, Gasterosteus Mitchill [S. L.] 1815:430, Pl. 1 [Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York v. 1 (art. 5) (for 1814); ref. 13292] New York, U.S.A. No types known. Misspelled quadratus by Linsley 1844:61 [ref. 17545]. •Valid as Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill 1815) -- (Lee et al. 1980:561 [ref. 22416], Smith 1986:273 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:121 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:335.4 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:215 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:242 [ref. 18983], Murdy et al. 1997:136 [ref. 23144], Scott & Crossman 1998:658 [ref. 24570], Fuller et al. 1999:332 [ref. 25838], Krueger in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:312 [ref. 26158], Nelson et al. 2004:111 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2007:34 [ref. 30398], Page & Burr 2011:463 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:113 [32708], Denys et al. 2022:395 [ref. 40085], Simian et al. 2022:375 [ref. 40776]). Current status: Valid as Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill 1815). Gasterosteidae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic: eastern Canada and U.S.A.; Saint Pierre et Miquelon (France). Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.