Tadpole madtom
The tadpole madtom is a small freshwater fish that lives in slow, weedy waters in Canada and the United States. It has two spines near its chest that carry a venom, which it uses to defend itself from predators. Its name comes partly from its rounded tail fin, which makes it look a little like a tadpole.1

Engeri y'okukitegeera
- Dark brown back with lighter brown sides and a yellow or white belly1
- A dark horizontal streak along each side, from bands of dark pigment on the jaws1
- A large, round tail fin that is joined to the small fin on its back, giving it a tadpole-like shape1
- Two spines on the pectoral (chest) fins, which carry venom1
Amaanyi g'obusagwa
Amaggwa amasongovu ge galimu obusagwa. Okukirinnyako oba okukikwata kiruma.
Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?
Two pectoral spines transmit an anti-predatory venom. The spines are used to deter predators that get stuck by them.1
Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.Kikola ki nga kitidde?
When startled, it darts about in all directions, and it uses its venomous spines against predators.1
Amaggwa gaakyo bwe gakufumita
- Teeka ekiwundu mu mazzi agookya, agookya nga omuntu bw'asobola okugumiikiriza nga tegamwokya (gagezese n'omukono gwo), okumala eddakiika 30 okutuuka ku 90. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo, naddala ku stonefish ne stingray.
Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi
Weekuume
- Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
- Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
- Amaggwa gaayo bwe gakufumita: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.
Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma
Wa mu nsi?
Kinene kyenkana wa?
Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 4 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiriri
kyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 47Tadpole madtom kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?
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Kidduka kyenkana wa?
Ebituufu
It does not build a nest. It sometimes lays its eggs on submerged rubbish such as drink cans.1
Males sometimes use abandoned crayfish burrows as places to house eggs.1
Breeding males develop swollen lips and enlarged muscles on top of the head.1
Researchers in Wisconsin found that its stomach contents were about 44% insects and 28% small crustaceans.1
Omumenyi w'enfumo
Enfumo: It is a tadpole.
Amazima: It is a fish. Its rounded tail fin gives it the appearance of a tadpole, which is where part of its name comes from.1
Ku bakugu mu busagwa
- Erinnya erya ssaayansi
- Noturus gyrinus
- Ekibinja
- Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa
- Amaka
- Ictaluridae2
- Ensengeka
- Siluriformes
- Ssemazinga
- Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
- Abaana abawere
- The female lays several clutches of 75 to 200 eggs during the breeding season, usually in June or July. The eggs are attached to solid objects such as rocks, logs or vegetation, and the male guards them until they hatch.1
- Kiri kitya mu nsiko
- Secure in most areas. Critically endangered in Pennsylvania, and considered vulnerable in several other regions.1
- Akabi eri abantu
- 2 / 5: Kya bulumi3
Ebituufu we biva
- Tadpole madtom (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Noturus gyrinus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
- Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.
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Amaggwa ag'obusagwa

