Identification Card
Name:Cavedano(Chub)
Order:Cipriniformi
Family:Ciprinidi
Reproduction:From May and June
Females lay their eggs on gravel,
on rocks or vegetation.Hundreds
of thousands of small eggs.After
15 daysof fertilization the eggs
hatch and the fishlets grow
very fast.
The Chub greets the frog Irina for returning to his lake where he was waiting in groups with his family.During the journey he puts to test the quality of his fast swimming for fear in arriving late to mate.The pearl at the bask of his head is white
And luminous.His love is waiting only for him.
Habitat and Feeding:
Lives in the water of the lowlands,
the torrents and the lake in groups.
Feed with invertebrates and small
Fishes.For this we call them the
Scavengers of the water.
Very big,but loved a lot.
It's already May and soon in the gravel the fishelets will grow.
The assurance to protect his descendants,he has to find a safe place to defend themselves from the fearful and vicious neighbor:The egg eater!!!!
So many worries to have the responsibility of the many small predators who are for centuries well known as the scavengers of the water.