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Pungitius platygaster (Aral stickleback; Southern ninespine stickleback; Southern nine-spined stickleback; Ukrainian stickleback)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Ukrainian stickleback (Pungitius platygaster) also known as Caspian ninespine stickleback; southern ninespine stickleback; Aral ninespine stickleback, is a species of fish in the Gasterosteidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Iran, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Ukraine (Black Sea, Sea of Azov, Aral Sea and Caspian Sea basins).
View Wikipedia Record: Pungitius platygaster

Attributes

Brood Guarder [1]  Yes
Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Astrakhanskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik Ia 167827 Astrakhan, Russia
Atanasovsko ezero 17814 Bulgaria  
Khazar Zapovednik State Nature Reserve Ia 658105 Turkmenistan  
Srebarna 3579 Bulgaria  
Zaliv Chengene skele 472 Bulgaria  

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Diplostomum pungiti[2]
Gyrodactylus rarus[2]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Grenouillet, G. & Schmidt-Kloiber., A.; 2006; Fish Indicator Database. Euro-limpacs project, Workpackage 7 - Indicators of ecosystem health, Task 4, www.freshwaterecology.info, version 5.0 (accessed on July 3, 2012).
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0