'Zigzag dance' and nest-introducing behavior of three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus (2)(6.0MB, 00:00:24)Shot Date: 2005/05/28 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 shake their body from left to right while swimming (a zigzag dance) when courting females. This male has found a female, performs zigzag dances in front of her, and leads her to the nest. The female, however, left the nest and did not spawn.
(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.momo051015ga08b)
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