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Gasterosteidae
Amur stickleback
Pungitius sinensis
Stickleback of Japanese Waters
Amur stickleback is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 6.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Gasterosteidae
- Genus
- Pungitius
- Maximum length
- 6.5 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: Korean Peninsula, Japan, Kuril islands, Amur basin and Kamchatka Peninsula.
- Conservation status
- VUVulnerable

