Freshwater
Southern purplespotted gudgeon
Mogurnda adspersa
Eleotridae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 14 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 73 liters
- Diet
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
More about the species
Description
Inhabits slow-flowing or still waters, among weed. Occurs in rivers, creeks and billabongs, usually over rocks or among vegetation. Feeds on worms, dragonfly larvae, midge and mosquito larvae, crustaceans and mosquito fishes. Maturity: F at 4.9 cm, M at 4.5 cm. Sexually dimorphic. Direct pair spawning in rivers and ponds at 19-34°C in Dec.-Feb. A single cluster of demersal eggs laid on a solid substrate, often close to vegetation. Spawns during the rainy season (November to March). Females produce successive batches of 280-1300 eggs which are deposited on rocks, logs, or other solid debris. Males guard and fan the eggs until hatching, which takes about 3-9 days depending on temperature. Preyed on by Perca fluviatilis and competes with mosquito fish.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Eleotris adspersa
In other languages
- Purpurplettet sovekutling
- Purppuratorkkuja
- Purple-spotted gudgeon
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