| Valid name | Pungitius |
| Synonym | Pungitius Coste, 1848 |
| Synonym | Type: not designated: Gasterosteus pungitius (L.) by tautonymy (nec Pungitius Linnaeus, 1754: 74 = Cephalacanth |
| Synonym | Gasterostea (subgen.) Sauvage, 1874, Nouv. Arch. Mus. 10: 7, 9 (type: Gasterosteus pungitius L.). |
| Synonym | Pygosteus (Brevoort MS) Gill, 1861: 39 (type: Gasterosteus occidentalis Cuvier, in Cuv. Val., 1829 = G. aculeat |
| Synonym | Pungitius (subgen.) Fatio, 1882, Faune Vert. Suisse, Poissons: 66, note 1 (cf.: 97, note 2) (type: Gasterosteus pu |
| Synonym | Gender: M; Mem. Sav. Etr. Acad. Sc. (2)10,1848: 588 |
| Synonym | Gasterosteops Chtylko, 1934, Trudy geol.-razvedoch ob edin. no. 359: 59, 87, pl. IX (fi). 59-62) (type: G. hexacanthus |