Musashi ninespine stickleback

Musashi ninespine stickleback
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Gasterosteidae
Genus:	Pungitius
Species:	P. nakamurai
Binomial name
	Pungitius nakamurai ; Matsumoto & Matsuura, 2026

The Musashi ninespine stickleback (Pungitius nakamurai) is a species of fish in the stickleback genus Pungitius. Endemic to Japan, reported in 1963 and named in 2026.^[2] It occurs only in the Motoara River [ja] in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture (old Musashi Province).^[3] It is the prefectural fish [ja],^[4] its habitat has been designated a prefectural natural monument,^[5] and a main belt asteroid, the minor planet 10776 Musashitomiyo, has been named in its honour.^[6] It is assessed as Critically Endangered on the 2020 Ministry of the Environment Red List.^[1] ^[3]

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1 2 レッドリスト2020 魚類 [2020 Red List: Birds] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
↑ Matsumoto, Tatsuya; Matsuura, Keiichi (29 April 2026). "A new species of ninespine stickleback, Pungitius nakamurai (Gasterosteiformes, Gasterosteidae), endemic to Honshu Island, Japan". Ichthyological Research. doi:10.1007/s10228-026-01062-1.
1 2 Ministry of the Environment, ed. (2015). レッドデータブック2014 —日本の絶滅のおそれのある野生生物— 4 汽水・淡水魚類 [Red Data Book 2014 – Threatened Wildlife of Japan] (in Japanese). Vol. 4. Pisces—Brackish and Fresh Water Fishes. Gyōsei Corporation. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-4-324-09898-1.
↑ 県の魚・ムサシトミヨ [The Prefectural Fish: Musashi-tomoyo] (in Japanese). Saitama Prefecture. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
↑ 県天然記念物 [Prefectural Natural Monuments] (in Japanese). Saitama Prefecture. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
↑ "10776 Musashitomiyo (1991 CP1)". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 July 2022.