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stickleback <a stickleback; sticklebacks> N

stickleback

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If a partner defects, then a stickleback's condition-factor (i.e. its ability to flee) determines how closely it approaches the predator rather than the stickleback's size. en.wikipedia.org

For example, the red belly of a male stickleback elicits a head-down, attack behaviour in other male sticklebacks. en.wikipedia.org

It physically resembles the sticklebacks, but has a thinner, longer body, with 24 to 27 small spines in front of the dorsal fin. en.wikipedia.org

Stickleback behavior is often cited as an archetypal example of cooperative behavior during predator inspection. en.wikipedia.org

Parasite infections can impair the courtship dance of male threespine sticklebacks. en.wikipedia.org

These subspecies actually represent three examples from the enormous range of morphological variation present within three-spined sticklebacks. en.wikipedia.org

Also, like sticklebacks, it produces a sticky secretion from its kidneys when breeding. en.wikipedia.org

An unusual feature of sticklebacks is that they have no scales, although some species have bony armour plates. en.wikipedia.org

Aquatically, the lake's algae-laden water hosts minnows, sticklebacks and carp. en.wikipedia.org

Whereas sticklebacks use this secretion to bind plant matter together to create a nest, the tube-snout simply attaches its eggs to a substrate. en.wikipedia.org

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