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Implantation
The Sun-fish is originating in North America. Introduced in Europe about 1880, it extended except in Spain. In Italy, Seul the North of the country seems to be appropriate to him.
Lifestyle
She attends the rivers of plain to calm water, and more still the stagnant water of the ponds and ballast-pits. The Sun-fish supports the very slightly salted (the Camargue). This fish is sedentary and gregarious and present a behavior territorial by adhering to a hierarchy based on the report of dominating and dominated.
Carnivore, the Sun-fish consumes readily eggs and alevins of fish. For this reason, it is classified like vermin and its eradication is recommended.
The reproduction takes place in spring in water with 20°C. The nest is prepared by the male which after the laying installs the guard for the length of time
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Scientific name:
Family:
Other names: Boom of America - English:
Maximum weight: 110 G in Europe
Maximum size: 15 cm in Europe
Lifespan: 6 to 9 years in the USA
Period of abrasion: May at June,
(July at September in the Camargue)
Bridge: 600 to 6.000 eggs
With its high back and its belly rounded, the Sun-fish is also characterized by its small oblique mouth and its cheeks without scales. Its long dorsal fin understands thorny departments. Its colors very sharp distinguishes it from other fish. With dominant blue and green on the back, the sides are yellow orange. The end of the cover forwards, in the males, a red spot,
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of incubation which lasts less than one ten days. Its growth is effective during the only period of spring.
Fish
Vermin, its eradication is recommended
Very voracious, this small boom swallows all the small size.
To identify it well
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