'Zigzag dance' and nest-introducing behavior of three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus (1)(10.9MB, 00:00:43)Shot Date: 2005/05/28 Shot Location: 'Honganshozu', Itoyo-town, Ono, Fukui, Japan | ||
| species Gasterosteus aculeatus (freshwater type) Key Words | ||
|
Animalia >Chordata >Osteichthyes >Gasterosteiformes >Gasterosteidae >Gasterosteus >
Male three-spined sticklebacks perform zigzag dances (i.e., dances in which a male shakes its body from left to right) when courting females. This male has found a female and is performing zigzag dances in front of her. After the second zigzag dance, the female is led to the nest. Afterward, we saw the male tilting the body and pointing the nest entrance with the mouth; however, the female did not enter the nest nor spawned.
(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.momo051015ga02b)
Copyrights belong to author.
Read Terms of Service carefully
>>Japanese
[Database Home]