Species: Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859)
Synonyms: Gasterosteus platygaster Kessler, 1859; Gasterosteus platygaster aralensis Kessler, 1877; Gasterosteus platygaster caucasicus Kessler, 1877; Gasterosteus platygaster danubica Steindachner, 1899; Gasterosteus platygaster kessleri Yakovlev, 1870; Gasterosteus platygaster niger Yakovlev, 1870; Gasterosteus pungitius niger Yakovlev, 1870; Pungitius platygaster aralensis (Kessler, 1877); Pygosteus platygaster nuda Berg, 1905Common name: Southern ninespine sticklebackTaxonomy: Family: GasterosteidaeOrder: GasterosteiformesClass: ActinopterygiiPhylum: ChordataNative range: Ponto-Capsian.Date of introduction/first record: First recorded in summer of 2008 (Semnchenko et al.2009 ). Vector: Likely, natural spread from the territory of Ukraine ( Semenchenko et al. 2009 ). Records in Belarus: Dnieper River (Semenchenko et al. 2009 ). Show the map of distribution Potential ecological impacts: Unknown.References:
Semenchenko VP, Rizevsky VK, Mastitsky SE, Vezhnovets VV, Pluta MV, Razlutsky VI and Laenko T (2009) Checklist of aquatic alien species established in large river basins of Belarus. Aquatic Invasions 4(2): 337-347. DOI: 10.3391/ai.2009.4.2.5