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Taxon: Suborder Gasterosteoidei - sticklebacks (fish)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Perciformes

Current position

Perciformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859

Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2021: (14 Mar 2025); ECoF(14 Mar 2025); [van der Laan, 2018: 86].

Alternative positions

*Gasterosteiformes* (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127.
*Scorpaeniformes* (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 482.

Historical positions

*Scorpaeniformes* (Order) Bloch, 1789	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 482.
*Gasterosteiformes* (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 127, 154.
*Gasterosteiformes* (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 308.
*Gasterosteiformes* (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3f;8g;17s;3ss; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 29 Aug 2025	[3f;8g;17s;3ss]
2016	J.S. Nelson et al.: 485	[4f]
2010	E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson: 154	[4f]
2006	J.S. Nelson: 310	[4f;9g]

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