Techirghiol stickleback

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Techirghiol stickleback
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Gasterosteidae
Genus: Gasterosteus
Species:
G. crenobiontus
Binomial name
Gasterosteus crenobiontus
Băcescu & R. Mayer
, 1956
Synonyms
  • Gasterosteus aculeatus crenobionta Băcescu & Mayer, 1956
  • Gasterosteus aculeatus crenobiontus Băcescu & Mayer, 1956

The Techirghiol stickleback (Gasterosteus crenobiontus) was an

extinct due to hybridization with the three-spined stickleback following irrigation which allowed the two taxa to mix by diluting the hypersaline water barrier which separated them. The last known occurrence of the species was in the 1960s.[2]

References

  1. . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Gasterosteus crenobiontus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 25 September 2014.

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