breviceps, Gasterosteus Blanchard [C. E.] 1866:245, Fig. 43 [Les poissons des eaux douces de la France; ref. 310] Caen, Normandy, France. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-7100. Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:39 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus 1758), subspecies laevis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Monod 1973:285 [ref. 7193], Keivany & Nelson 2000:118 [ref. 24720]). •Synonym of Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Paepke in Bănărescu & Paepke 2002:277 [ref. 25856]). •Synonym of Pungitius laevis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kottelat 1997:166 [ref. 22952], Denys et al. 2017:17 [ref. 35585]). Current status: Synonym of Pungitius laevis (Cuvier 1829). Gasterosteidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.