Lo spinarello ucraino, Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859)

Nomi comuni esteri - Greco - Pontopygosteos. Tedesco - Ara-Stichling. Inglese - Southern nine-spined stickleback, Aral stickleback. Danese - Ukrainsk hundestejle. Svedese - Ukrainsk Småspigg. Finnico - Ukrainanpiikki. Russo - Malaya yuzhnaya kolyushka, Malaya yuzhnaya kolyushka, Aral'skaya kolyushka, Mala pivdenna koluchka, Yuzhnaya malaya kolyushka. Rumeno - Sbors, Palamida de balta, Pălămidă de baltă, Osar, Mos-cu-ghimpi, Ghelciu. Turco - Uzundikence baligi. Persiano - Mahi Khardar, Mahi Sehkhareh Nama, Nokhar.

Gasterosteus platygaster Kessler, 1859. II. Systematische Uebersicht der Stachelflosser (Acanthopteri Müller), welche im nordwestlichen Theile des schwarzen Meeres und in den Mündungen der in derselben sich ergiessenden südrussischen Flüsse vorkommen. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 186-268; v. 32 (no. 3) 202. Status: nomenclatura originaria, non valida. Opinioni: potrebbe essere una sottospecie di "Pungitius pungitius" (Linnaeus 1758) secondo Coad 1995:27; nomenclatura valida come "Pungitius platygaster" (Kessler 1859) per Berg 1949:969, Monod 1973:285, Coad 1981:16, Banister in Whitehead et al. 1986:642, Coad 1995:26, Economidis 1995:208, Keivany et al. 1997:558, Kottelat 1997:166, Reshetnikov et al. 1997:747, Reshetnikov & Savvaitove 1998:111, Coad 1998:103, Keivany & Nelson 1998:458, Keivany & Nelson 2000:116 [ref. 24720], McLennan & Mattern 2001:11 [ref. 25222], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26178], Bilecenoglu et al. 2002:64, Paepke in Banarescu & Paepke 2002:267, Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:181. Compare anche in Kessler 1860:17, Pl. 1 (fig. 1). Località tipo: Odessa e braccio del fiume Dnieper ad Aleschki, Ucraina. Tipo: mancante. Sintipi: (7) ?BMNH 1897.9.5.2 [ex ZIN] (1 or 2). ZIN 2350-51 (6, 6+). Ulteriore materiale: (14) ZIN 2350-51 (6, 6+) fiume Dnieper nei pressi di Aleschki, Ucraina.

Pungitius platygaster Kessler, 1859. Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou v. 32 (no. 3) 202. status: nuova nomenclatura, valida.

Gasterosteus pungitius kessleri Yakovlev, 1870. On the new and little-known species of fish found in the mouths of the Volga. Protocol Zased. Obsh. Estes. Kazan. Univ. 101-111; 110 [10]. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Pungitius platygaster" (Kessler 1859) per Berg 1949:969, Monod 1973:285, Coad 1995:27, Kottelat 1997:166, Reshetnikov & Savvaitove 1998:111, Keivany & Nelson 2000:116, Paepke in Banarescu & Paepke 2002:267. Località tipo: laghi nei pressi di Astrakhan, delta del fiume Volga, Russia. Tipo: mancante. Sintipi: collocazione attuale ignota.

Gasterosteus pungitius niger Yakovlev, 1870. Protocol Zased. Obsh. Estes. Kazan. Univ. 110 [10]. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida; oggettivamente non valida, occupata in precedenza da "Gasterosteus niger" Cuvier 1829. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Pungitius platygaster" (Kessler 1859) per Berg 1949:969, Monod 1973:285, Coad 1995:27, Kottelat 1997:166, Reshetnikov & Savvaitove 1998:111, Keivany & Nelson 2000:116, Paepke in Banarescu & Paepke 2002:267. Località tipo: laghi nei pressi di Astrakhan, delta del fiume Volga, Russia. Tipo: mancante. Sintipi: collocazione attuale ignota.

Gasterosteus platygaster niger Yakovlev, 1870. Protocol Zased. Obsh. Estes. Kazan. Univ. 110 [10]. Status: vedere sopra.

Gasterosteus platygaster caucasicus Kessler, 1877. The Aralo-Caspian Expedition. IV. Fishes of the Aralo-Caspio-Pontine ichthyological region. St. Petersburg. Aralo-Caspian Exped. i-xxvii + 1-360; 3. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Pungitius platygaster" (Kessler 1859) per Berg 1949:969, Monod 1973:285, Kottelat 1997:166, Keivany & Nelson 2000:116, Paepke in Banarescu & Paepke 2002:267. Località tipo: Transcaucasia. Tipo: mancante. Sintipi: ZIN 2401 (12+).

Gasterosteus platygaster aralensis Kessler, 1877. The Aralo-Caspian Expedition. IV. Fishes of the Aralo-Caspio-Pontine ichthyological region. St. Petersburg. Aralo-Caspian Exped. i-xxvii + 1-360; 4. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Pungitius platygaster" (Kessler 1859) per Monod 1973:286, Keivany & Nelson 2000:117, Paepke in Banarescu & Paepke 2002:267; sinonimo di "Pungitius platygaster" (Kessler 1859), ma valida sottospecie come da descrizione, per Berg 1949:970, Reshetnikov et al. 1997:747, Reshetnikov & Savvaitove 1998:111. Località tipo: Mare d'Aral e foce del fiume Amu Darya, Uzbekistan. Tipo: mancante. Sintipi: ZIN 3712 (3).

Pungitius platygaster aralensis Kessler, 1877. Aralo-Caspian Exped. 4. Status: vedere sopra.

Gasterosteus platygaster danubica Steindachner, F. 1899. Uber das Vorkommen von *Gasterosteus platygaster* Kessl. im Stromgebiete der Donau. Sitzungsber. Math.-Naturwiss. Classe K. Akad. Wiss. Wien 539-542; v. 108 (nos. 1-10) 542 [4]. Status: sinonimo junior, nomenclatura non valida. Opinioni: sinonimo di "Pungitius platygaster" (Kessler 1859) per Berg 1949:969, Monod 1973:285, Kottelat 1997:166, Keivany & Nelson 2000:117, Paepke in Banarescu & Paepke 2002:267. Località tipo: paludi del Danubio nei dintorni di Negotin, Srebia; fiume Save [Sava] a Belgrado, Serbia. Tipo: mancante. Sintipi: NMW 6823 (6).

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