Synonyma
Gasteracanthus Pallas, 1814 ― Gasteracanthus cataphractus Pallas, 1814
Gladiunculus Jordan & Evermann, 1927 ― Gasterosteus gladiunculus Kendall, 1896
Leiurus Swainson, 1839 ― Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
Obolarius Tilesius (ex Steller), 1811 ― Obolarius aculeatus Tilesius, 1811
Typový druh
Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758
Původní popis
Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1. i-ii + 1-824.
