Gasterosteidae

The épinoches are osseous fish about the Gasterosteiformes and of the family of the Gasterosteidae. There are 16 species (certain authors recognize only 7 species) divided into 5 kinds.

Medium of life

The épinoches are fish of marine, brackish or soft water. The same species can include/understand individuals living in the three types of mediums. The marine individuals go up the rivers during the periods of reproduction, the latter being always carried out out of fresh water.

Reproduction

At the time of the abrasion, which is carried out March at July, the male of Gasterosteus aculeatus avoids bright colors (green back and red belly).

It builds a nest starting from watery plants cemented by a substance produced by its kidneys. It practices a Parade where it exihbe its belly red in order to attract the female so that it lays in its nest, several hundreds of ovules which it fertilizes then. It supervises its nest, driving out all the intruders, to protect eggs or the young people.

Incubation lasts 4 to 10 days.

List kinds

List species

  • kind Apeltes DeKay, 1842
    • Apeltes quadracus (Mitchill, 1815) - Épinoche with four spines
  • kind Culaea Whitley, 1950
    • Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1841) - Épinoche de Brook
  • kind Gasterosteus Linnaeus, 1758
    • Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758 - Épinoche with three spines - Species living in France
    • Gasterosteus aculeatus santaeannae Regan, 1909 - Épinoche de Santa Anna
    • Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni Girard, 1854 - Epinoche with three spines
    • Gasterosteus crenobiontus Bacescu & Mayer, 1956
    • Gasterosteus microcephalus Girard, 1854
    • Gasterosteus wheatlandi Putnam, 1867 - Epinoche with black tasks
  • kind Pungitius Coste, 1848
    • Pungitius hellenicus Stephanidis, 1971
    • Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915)
    • Pungitius laevis (Vat, 1829) - Epinochette with tail smoothes
    • Pungitius platygaster (Kessler, 1859) - Epinochette of the South
    • Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) - Épinochette or Small épinoche or épinoche with nine spines - Species living in France
    • Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) - Épinochette of the Love
    • Pungitius tymensis (Nikolskii, 1889) - Épinochette de Sakhaline
  • kind Spinachia Vat, 1816

External bonds

Random links:Liquefaction | Aisai | Moiola | Demography of the Fiji islands | Battle of Bagradas (239 av. J. - C.) | Mattawa,_Washington