Fanning behavior of three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus (1)(6.3MB, 00:00:27)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 >
A male three-spined stickleback is actively fanning the eggs (i.e., pumping the water over the eggs with pectoral fins) to help the embryos hatch. The male takes care of the hatched embryos until they leave the nest.
(This video picture was prepared by 'Friends of Fukui City Museum of Natural History during a project 'Educational Videos on the Three-spined Stickleback.' http://www.nature.museum.city.fukui.fukui.jp/friends/itoyo/)
(translated by Asoh)
(Data No.momo050708ga01b)
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