Pungitius

Pungitius is a genus of sticklebacks.

==Species== There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: Pungitius bussei (Warpachowski, 1888) Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971 (Ellinopygósteos) Pungitius laevis (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Smoothtail ninespined stickleback) Pungitius modestus Matsumoto, Matsuura & Hanzawa, 2021 Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859) (Southern ninespined stickleback) Pungitius polyakovi S. V. Shedko, M. B. Shedko & Pietsch, 2005 Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ninespined stickleback) Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) (Amur stickleback) Pungitius stenurus (Kessler, 1876) Pungitius tymensis (A. M. Nikolskii, 1889) (Sakhalin stickleback)