Lo spinarello di torrente, Culaea inconstans (Kirtland 1841)

Nomi comuni esteri - Inglese - Brook stickleback, Common freshwater stickleback, Common stickleback, Five-spined stickleback, Pinfish, Six-spined stickleback, Variable stickleback. Francese - Épinoche à cinq épines- Tedesco - Fünfstacheliger Stichling. Danimarca - Bækhundestejle. Svezia - Bäckspigg. Finlandia - Viisipiikki.

Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1840). Boston Journal of Natural History v. 3 (n° 1-2). Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN valida.

Gasterosteus inconstans Kirtland, 1840. Descriptions of four new species of fishes. Boston Journal of Natural History v. 3 (n° 1-2): 273-277, Pl. 2. Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Nomenclatura valida come Culaea inconstans (Kirtland 1840), vedere Lee et al. 1980:562, Smith 1986:274, McAllister 1990:215, Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:153, Page & Burr 1991:242, Boschung 1992:93, Etnier & Starnes 1993:381, Gach 1996:563, Chereshnev 1996:605, Scott & Crossman 1998:661, Fuller et al. 1999:333, Lyons et al. 2000:42 , Moyle 2002:343, Scholz et al. 2003:110, Wydoski & Whitney 2003:169, Bailey et al. 2004:167, Nelson et al. 2004:111, Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:491, Scharpf 2007:34. Località tipo - Contea di Trumbull, Ohio, U.S.A.. Tipo - Nessun esemplare noto.

Eucalia inconstans var. cayuga Jordan, 1876. Class V.--Pisces. (The fishes.) Pp. 199-362. In: Manual of the vertebrates of the northern United States, including the district east of the Mississippi River and north of North Carolina and Tennessee, exclusive of marine species. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Culaea inconstans (Kirtland 1841), secondo gli autori del "Catalog of fishes" della California Academy of Sciences. Località tipo - Lago Cayuga, vicino a Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.. Tipo - Nessuno.

Gasterosteus gymnetes Dawson, 1859. On a new species of stickleback (Gasterosteus gymnetes). The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist v. 4 (n° 5): 321-324. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Culaea inconstans (Kirtland 1841), vedere Scott & Crossman 1998:664. Località tipo - Dintorni di Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Tipo - Nessun esemplare noto.

Gasterosteus micropus Cope, 1865. Partial catalogue of the cold-blooded Vertebrata of Michigan. Part II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 17: 78-88. Catalogo - Böhlke 1984:103. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Culaea inconstans (Kirtland 1841), secondo gli autori del "Catalog of fishes" della California Academy of Sciences. Località tipo - Fiume Platte, vicino a Fort Riley, Kansas, U.S.A.. Tipo - Nessuno. Sintipi - ANSP 14184-85 (2).

Gasterosteus pygmaeus Agassiz, 1850. Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Culaea inconstans (Kirtland 1841), vedere R. M. Bailey, 3 marzo 2006. Località tipo - Michipicotin, sulla costa nord est del Lago Superiore, Nord America. Tipo - Nessun esemplare noto. Sintipi - (3, ubicazione ignota).

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