ponticus, Gasterosteus Nordmann [A. von] 1840:380, 613, Pl. 3 (fig. 11) [Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée; ref. 3209] Tauria, Black Sea. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-7098 (3), NMW 77244 (4). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:36 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758, subspecies aculeatus -- (Okada 1961:605 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Berg 1949:972 [ref. 20662], Monod 1973:281 [ref. 7193], Kottelat 1997:164 [ref. 22952], Paepke in Bănărescu & Paepke 2002:209 [ref. 25856], Parin et al. 2014:203 [ref. 33547], Denys et al. 2022:397 [ref. 40085]). Current status: Synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758. Gasterosteidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.