(CAVEDANO) a CHUB

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.
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.


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.
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.