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| | Search Results for stickleback - Encyclopædia Britannica |
 | | any member of the order Gasterosteiformes, a group of fishes characterized generally by soft fin rays, pelvic fins located on the abdomen, an air bladder without a duct to the gut, and a primitive... |
 | | For defense, most gasterosteiforms assume a vertical position among grasses, gorgonians (i.e., sea fans, a type of coral), and sea urchins. |
 | | Gasterosteiformes appears to represent an early but highly specialized branch of the Acanthopterygii. |
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