Male and female sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus, building a nest 1,2, and ninespine stickleback, Pungitius pungitius, enlarging the nest openings 3. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Z. Gerbe from Charles d'Orbigny's "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle" (Universal Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849.

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