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Gasterosteales

Actinopteri - Perciformes

Taxonomy
Gasterosteales is an infraorder. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cottioidei by Betancur et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Gasterosteales Betancur et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
suborderCottioidei
infraorderGasterosteales
infraorderGasterosteales

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. Aulichthys Brevoort 1862 [tubenose fish]
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Aulichthys miocaenicus Nazarkin 2019
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G. Gasterosteus Linnaeus 1758
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Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 [three-spined stickleback]
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Invalid names: Pungitius haynesi David 1945 [synonym]
†Gasterosteus bispinosus Walbaum 1792
†Gasterosteus canadus Linnaeus 1766
G. Pungitius Annone 1760
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Pungitius pungitius Linnaeus 1758 [ninespine stickleback]
Invalid names: Hypoptychidae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.44 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Gasterosteidae indet. (138022)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Aulichthys miocaenicus (207771)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Gasterosteus aculeatus (52211)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) Gasterosteus doryssus (192039)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Pungitius haynesi (204964)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Gasterosteidae indet. (20387) Gasterosteus aculeatus (20173)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Pungitius sp. (70130)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Gasterosteus aculeatus (84880 84885)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Gasterosteus aculeatus (163070 163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Pungitius pungitius (174230)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Gasterosteus aculeatus (20273) Gasterosteus sp. (236636)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Gasterosteus aculeatus (122099)