Techirghiol stickleback
Techirghiol stickleback | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Gasterosteidae |
Genus: | Gasterosteus |
Species: | †G. crenobiontus
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Binomial name | |
†Gasterosteus crenobiontus Băcescu & R. Mayer , 1956 | |
Synonyms | |
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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
- . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ 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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