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Stickleback

The sticklebacks are a family of ray-finned fishes, the Gasterosteidae which have a Holarctic distribution in fresh, brackish and marine waters. They were thought to be related to the pipefish and seahorses but are now thought to be more closely related to the eelpouts and sculpins.

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Stickleback

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples76
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Stickleback

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related to Taxonomy · 18
Stickleback → Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Cottoidei, FishBase, French, Gasterosteales, Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteoidei, Gasterostiformes, Gaterosteoidei, However, It, More, Scorpaeniformes, Syngnathoidei, The, Zoarcales, Zoarciformes, Zoarcoidei
related to Female mate choice · 10
Stickleback → DNA, Female, Females, Hamilton, However, Male, Since, Therefore, This, Zuk
related to Mating · 7
Stickleback → All, Courtship, Females, Freshwater, Some, The, This
related to Description · 6
Stickleback → Asia, Europe, Ice Age, North America, Sticklebacks, The
related to Sizes · 6
Stickleback → Body, Gasterosteus, Most, Spinachia, The, They
related to External links · 5
Stickleback → Cambridge University Press, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh, UCSC Genome BrowserChisholm, View
related to Male mate choice · 5
Stickleback → In, Male, Males, The, This
related to In culture · 4
Stickleback → Kronstadt, Leningrad Siege, There, World War II
related to Use in science · 4
Stickleback → More, Niko Tinbergen's, Some, The
related to Inbreeding avoidance · 3
Stickleback → Eggs, Female, When

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sticklebacks male mate species female females eggs family choice males marine red order behaviour larger may also however freshwater strong

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insectsinstance offeeding on small animals0.80text
crustaceansinstance offeeding on small animals0.80text
fish larvae.Sticklebacks are characterised by the presence of stronginstance offeeding on small animals0.80text
clearly isolated spines in their dorsal finsinstance offeeding on small animals0.80text
Sticklebackrelated to DescriptionSticklebacks0.60section
Sticklebackrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Sticklebackrelated to DescriptionEurope0.60section
Sticklebackrelated to DescriptionAsia0.60section
Sticklebackrelated to DescriptionNorth America0.60section
Sticklebackrelated to DescriptionIce Age0.60section
Sticklebackrelated to External linksView0.60section
Sticklebackrelated to External linksUCSC Genome BrowserChisholm0.60section

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