Fanning behavior of three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus (2)(1.2MB, 00:00:05)Shot Date: 2005/03/16 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 take care of eggs and hatched embryos until the embryos leave the nest. The male in the video is pumping water over the eggs with its pectoral fins so that the embryos would hatch successfully. This behavior is called ¡Æfanning¡Ç. The verb ¡Æfan¡Ç means ¡Æto blow away with a fan.¡Ç
(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.momo051103ga01b)
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