three-spined stickleback
- a variation of threespine stickleback.
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The parasitic cestode Schistocephalus solidus requires a much larger host—specifically, a three-spined stickleback fish—to grow in and then a bird to breed in.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2022
Figure 36.35 Male three-spined stickleback fish exhibit a fixed action pattern.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
An example of this is seen in the three-spined stickleback, where the visual signal of a red region in the lower half of a fish signals males to become aggressive and signals females to mate.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
