Egg care of male three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus(3.1MB, 00:00:13)Shot Date: 2005/05/15 Shot Location: 'Honganshozu', Itoyo-town, Ono, Fukui, Japan | ||
| species Gasterosteus aculeatus (freshwater type) Key Words | ||
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Animalia >Chordata >Osteichthyes >Gasterosteiformes >Gasterosteidae >Gasterosteus >
Male three-spined sticklebacks fan eggs in nests (i.e., move pectoral fins and pump water over eggs) and defend them against egg predators, such as conspecific individuals. In this video, an egg-guarding male threatened and chased away another male and then resumed fanning.
(This video picture was prepared by ¡ÆFriends of Fukui City Museum of Natural History during a project ¡ÆEducational Videos on the Three-spined Stickleback.¡Ç http://www.nature.museum.city.fukui.fukui.jp/friends/itoyo/)
(translated by Asoh)
(Data No.momo051015ga04b)
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