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three-spined stickleback
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Noun1.three-spined stickleback - of rivers and coastal regionsthree-spined stickleback - of rivers and coastal regions        
Gasterosteus aculeatus
stickleback, prickleback - small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
Gasterosteus, genus gasterosteus - type genus of the family Gasterosteidae
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The center said those included an endangered 2 1/2-inch long fish called the unarmored threespine stickleback in Bouquet Creek and Big Tujunga Creek, an endangered amphibian called the arroyo toad in Piru and Big Tujunga creeks, and surviving native rainbow trout and southern steelhead in Big Tujunga, Piru and the San Gabriel River's west fork.
TROUT STOCKING TARGET OF LAWSUIT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Bernhardt of the University of Alaska in Anchorage and his colleagues focused on threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus), a tiny marine species.
Macho moms: perchlorate pollutant masculinizes fish by Raloff, J. / Science News
For example, a sample containing remains of peamouth chub (Mylocheilus caurinus), threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), river lamprey (Lampetra ayresii), and chinook salmon would he classified as a riverine-estuarine species because these prey items could feasibly be consumed in the river.
Examination of the foraging habits of Pacific harbor seal (Phoca ... by Orr, Anthony J.; Banks, Adria S.; Mellman, Steve; Huber, Harriet R.; DeLong, Robert L.; Brown, Robin / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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