Gasterosteus [Artedi, 1738] Linnaeus, 1758
Gender: M; Syst. Nat., ed. X: 295
Type: G. aculeatus L., by subs. design. of Jordan and Gilbert, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus., 16: 39.
Synonyms
Obolarius (Steller MS) Tilesius, 1810: 225 (type: O. aculeatus Steller Ms). Cf. Pallas, 1814: 228.
Gasteracenthus Pallas, 1811: 228 (type: doubtful; author mentions: G. pungitius, G. aculeatus, G. cataphractus).
Leiurus Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist. Fishes..., 2: 175, 242 (type: (1rst sp. quoted): Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) (nec Leiurus Swainson, 1839, ibid: 194, 326 = Abalistes Jordan and Seale, 1906).
Gasterosterus (err. typ.) De Kay, 1842: 64.
Gastrosteus (err. typ.) McIntosh and Prince, 1890: 666, etc. | Regan, 1909: 435 | Pappenheim, 1909: 176 | Frost, 1929: 263.
Gladiunculus Jordan and Evermann, 1927, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., (4)16: 504 (type: Gasterosteus gladiunculus Kendall, 1896).