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Brook stickleback

The brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) is a small freshwater fish that is distributed across the US and Canada. It grows to a length of about 2 inches. It occupies the northern part of the eastern United States, as well as the southern half of Canada. Small populations are scattered throughout the Mississippi-Great Lakes basin extending to Colorado…

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Brook stickleback

Nodes47
Edges46
Triples134
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.042553
Components1

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Brook stickleback

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related to Geographic distribution of species · 40
Brook stickleback → Alabama, Alberta, Alteration, Brackish, California, Canada, Certain, Colorado, Culaea, Great Lakes, It, Kentucky, Loup, Lower Platte, Manitoba, Middle Platt, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Nature Conservancy, Nebraska
related to Predators · 21
Brook stickleback → Aeschna, Ambloplites, Brook, Certain, Competition, Esox, Examples, Fish, However, In, Lethocerus, Lota, Micropterus, Neogobius, Oncorhynchus, Perca, Pimephales, Salvelinus, Semotilus, Umbra
related to Taxonomy · 15
Brook stickleback → American, Culaea, Culea, David Starr Jordan, Eucalia, Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteus, Gilbert Percy Whitley, In, Jared Potter Kirtland, Jordan's, Lepidoptera, Ohio, The, Trumbull County
related to history · 14
Brook stickleback → After, Brook, During, Each, For, July, Most, New, Once, Spawning, The, There, These, When
related to Conservation · 12
Brook stickleback → Although, Canadian, Global, However, It, Nature Conservancy, Protecting, S3, The, This, United States, Wyoming
related to Introduction in Europe · 7
Brook stickleback → And, Bavaria, Finland, Lake Lohjanjarvi, Micropterus, River Inn, The
related to Description · 5
Brook stickleback → It, Most, Pungitius, The, This
related to Diet · 4
Brook stickleback → However, Juveniles, Newly, The
related to Ecology · 4
Brook stickleback → As, The, Though, Waterways
is a · 2
Brook stickleback → omnivore, only species in the genus Culaea which is classified within the stickleback family

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stickleback brook species eggs fish spawning small inconstans northern also culaea water well populations lakes though males predators southern streams

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Brook sticklebackis aonly species in the genus Culaea which is classified within the stickleback family0.90text
Brook sticklebackis aomnivore0.90text
riversinstance ofWaterways0.80text
streamsinstance ofWaterways0.80text
floodwater streamsinstance ofWaterways0.80text
drainagesinstance ofWaterways0.80text
lakesinstance ofWaterways0.80text
pondsinstance ofWaterways0.80text
potholesinstance ofWaterways0.80text
hot springsinstance ofWaterways0.80text
sinkholesinstance ofWaterways0.80text
and seasonal melt water or spring fed ponds are all viable brook stickleback territoriesinstance ofWaterways0.80text

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