FB-10540 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10540 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Gasterosteoidei Gasterosteidae Pungitius Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971 Ellinopygósteos Greek stickleback Ellinopygósteos Grški zet Ελληνοπυγόστεος 沼泽多刺鱼 沼澤多刺魚 1994-06-08 2024-04-18 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. (Ref. 4517) IUCN0 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K. (Ref. 6376) Baillie, J. and B. Groombridge (eds.)0 1996 IUCN red list of threatened animals. 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(Ref. 49375) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof0 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) Matsumoto, T., K. Matsuura and N. Hanzawa0 A new species of nine-spined stickleback, <i>Pungitius modestus</i> (Gasterosteiformes, Gasterosteidae), from northern Honshu, Japan. Zootaxa 5005(1):1-20. (Ref. 124673) Marčeta, B. and K. Pliberšek (eds)0 BiosWeb. Biological database of the Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia. Ljubljana, Fisheries Research Institute of Slovenia, 2014. (www.biosweb.org. updated 13/04/2023). (Ref. 128520) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-10540 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1994-06-08 00:00:00 2024-04-18 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10540 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Adults inhabit spring-fed streams and ponds, with temperature rarely rising above 20° C and dense vegetation. Feed on small aquatic invertebrates and fish larvae. Spawn in May-June. Males build a nest and guard the eggs until hatching. Threatened due to habitat alteration and water abstraction. Attain a maximum size up to about 4.5 cm SL (Ref. 59043). Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-DiagnosticDescr-10540 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2010-06-23 00:00:00 2010-06-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ FAO General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10540 Distinguished from congeners in Europe by possessing the following unique characters: dorsal fin with 2-6 spines; and pelvic girdle absent or very reduced. Differs further from other members of the genus by having the following combination of characters: body pale olive with blackish mottling; and absence of keel on side of caudal peduncle (Ref. 59043). Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-Morphology-10540 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2010-06-23 00:00:00 2010-06-23 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10540 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal spines (total): 26 Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-Distribution-10540 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1994-06-08 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10540 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Europe: Greece (lower Sperchios drainage). Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-Uses-10540 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1994-06-08 00:00:00 2024-04-18 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10540 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: of no interest Crivelli, A.J. 1996 The freshwater fish endemic to the Mediterranean region. An action plan for their conservation. Tour du Valat Publication, 171 p. (Ref. 26100) FB-LifeCycle-10540 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1994-06-08 00:00:00 2024-04-18 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=10540&StockCode=10862 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Males construct a nest made of vegetal material, where females lay the eggs. They guard the eggs until hatching (Ref. 59043). Crivelli, A.J. 1996 The freshwater fish endemic to the Mediterranean region. An action plan for their conservation. Tour du Valat Publication, 171 p. (Ref. 26100) FB-Size-10540 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1994-06-08 00:00:00 2024-04-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10540 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Migration 4.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 59043)); max. reported age: 2 years (Ref. 59043) Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof 2007 Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp. (Ref. 59043) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-10540 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1994-06-08 00:00:00 2024-04-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=10540 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size benthopelagic; freshwater