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Tadpole madtom

Noturus gyrinus
Ku linnya: The name "tom" is an old word for cat, and "tadpole" comes from its rounded tail fin, which looks like a tadpole's. The scientific name Noturus means "back tail" in Greek.1
Kiruma bwokkaTokwatakoKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa Amaggwa ag'obusagwaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

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

Kibeera mu
Canada and the United States, from Texas to Florida and north to New York1
Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Awaka
It lives in swamps, marshes, lakes and slow-moving streams and rivers. It prefers water that is 0.1 to 1.5 metres deep, with muddy, sandy or gravel bottoms and thick vegetation to hide in.1
Obuwanvu
5 cm okutuuka ku 13 cm (2 in okutuuka ku 5,1 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 3,8 km/h (2,4 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It eats small invertebrates, mainly immature insects and small crustaceans such as water fleas, ostracods and amphipods. Smaller fish eat more small crustaceans, while larger fish take bigger prey such as worms and grass shrimp.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Tadpole madtom
Tadpole madtom. Ekifaananyi: Adam Cohen. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

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 ag'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

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Tadpole madtom kiwanvu nga 13 cm (5,1 in)Pepa kiripu nga 3 cm (1,2 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 4 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 47

Tadpole madtom kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Kidduka kyenkana wa?

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Ebituufu

1

It does not build a nest. It sometimes lays its eggs on submerged rubbish such as drink cans.1

2

Males sometimes use abandoned crayfish burrows as places to house eggs.1

3

Breeding males develop swollen lips and enlarged muscles on top of the head.1

4

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

  1. Tadpole madtom (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Noturus gyrinus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. 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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