Goat (fish)
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Goat ( Pelecus cultratus ) |
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Pelecus cultratus | ||||||||||||
( Linnaeus , 1758) |
The Goat ( Pelecus cultratus ), also Sichling called, is a carp-like freshwater fish. It is the only species of the genus Pelecus - still counted here to the Leuciscinae, but today better to the Cultrinae. Goats are schooling fish that stay near the bottom of the water during the day and rise to the surface at night. They feed on small planktonic crustaceans, insects and their larvae.
Occurrence
The goat lives in Eastern Europe, from the Oder to the Volga and the Urals , in the Danube , the Baltic Sea , the Black and Caspian Seas , in the Aral Sea and in southern Sweden .
Appearance
The goat has a slender shape, a straight back line and an upper mouth. The belly edge is sharp so that there is no "belly side" and the fish is more difficult to see from below. The pectoral fins are very large and curved, the anal fin is long, the dorsal fin with 10 to 11 rays only very short. The sideline is wavy. The fish are 25 to 35, maximum 60 centimeters long.
Reproduction
Goats spawn from May to July. Brackish water dwellers migrate to the lower reaches of the rivers. They lay 30,000 to 100,000 eggs that float in the water. The fish larvae hatch after three to four days.
literature
- P. Adamicka: On the construction of the Pontic cyprinid Pelecus cultratus (L.). Facts and surmises . In: Archives for Hydrobiology . tape 101 , 1984, ISSN 0003-9136 , pp. 9-19 .
Web links
- Pelecus cultratus on Fishbase.org (English)
- Pelecus cultratus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2013 Posted by: J. & M. Freyhof Kottelat, 2008. Accessed August 23, 2013.