globiceps, Gasterosteus Sauvage [H.-E.] 1874:35, Pl. 1 (fig. 17) [Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10; ref. 3904] Stated as North America but apparently erroneous. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-4081 (2). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:40 [ref. 19576]. •Synonym of Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Monod 1973:284 [ref. 7193], Paepke in Bănărescu & Paepke 2002:277 [ref. 25856] with question). •Tentatively a synonym of Pungitius laevis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Kottelat 1997:166 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus 1758), subspecies occidentalis (Cuvier 1829) [unavailable] -- (Keivany & Nelson 2000:118 [ref. 24720]). Current status: Synonym of Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus 1758). Gasterosteidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.