Gasterosteoidei

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Gasterosteoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes that includes sticklebacks and their close relatives, characterized by spiny armor and often reduced scales.

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Gasterosteoidei canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fish suborder
ray-finned fish suborder
taxon
belongsTo Actinopterygii
characterizedBy often reduced scales
spiny armor
class Actinopterygii
distribution Northern Hemisphere
subarctic regions
temperate regions
feedingType carnivorous
habitat brackish waters
freshwaters
marine waters
hasCharacteristic bony or spiny lateral plates in many species
presence of dorsal spines in many species
small body size in many species
hasCommonName stickleback suborder
hasEcologicalRole prey for larger fishes and birds
small predatory fishes
hasMember Aulorhynchidae
Gasterosteidae
Hypoptychidae
Indostomidae
hasMorphologicalTrait narrow body form in many species
pelvic spines in many species
well-developed dorsal spines in many species
includes close relatives of sticklebacks
sticklebacks
infraclass Teleostei
kingdom Animalia
notableMember Gasterosteus aculeatus
parentTaxon Scorpaeniformes
phylum Chordata
reproduction egg-laying
studiedIn behavioral biology
ecology
evolutionary biology
subclass Neopterygii
superorder Acanthopterygii
taxonRank suborder
typeOf ray-finned fishes

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Scorpaeniformes includes Gasterosteoidei