Fish, carp family
Gudgeon
- Maximum length
- 20cm
- Maximum weight
- 0.2kg
- Best water temperature
- 10–20 °C
- Water today (3.5 °C)
- Tolerates it, but slowed down
- Fishing districts near where it occurs
- 9
About the species Gudgeon
How to recognise it
Small cylindrical fish with a lower mouth, one pair of barbels at the corners of the mouth and a row of dark spots on the sides.
Where it lives
Gravel and sandy beds of rivers, streams and reservoirs, mostly in shoals near the bottom.
What it feeds on
Small invertebrates, insect larvae, worms and molluscs.
Spawning
From April to June; it sticks its eggs to gravel and plants.
It takes readily on a small hook with a worm. You can tell it from the stone loach by the number of barbels: the gudgeon has two, the loach six.
Water temperature and requirements
At what temperature the species is active and how well today's water suits it.
Tolerates it, but slowed downTypical water in Slovakia is 3.5 °C today. The species tolerates this temperature (2 to 26 °C), but the water is colder than the ideal 10 to 20 °C. Fish tend to be slower and pickier.
- tolerates 2 to 26 °C
- best 10 to 20 °C
- spawning at 13 to 20 °C
- typical water today 3.5 °C
- Length
- up to 20 cm
- Weight
- up to 0.2 kg
- Oxygen
- Typical oxygen requirements
- Position in the food chain
- 3.1omnivore and small animals
The values are indicative and come from the FishBase database. In a particular water, fish behave according to the weather, air pressure, oxygen and food.
Where it was recorded
Fishing districts around which a record of this species exists (GBIF).
- Dudváh č. 1
- OR Melečka č. 1
- OR Melečka č. 2
- OR Pasienok
- Štrkovisko Roličky
- Štrkovisko Šoporňa
- VN Pusté Sady
- Jarčie č. 1
- Jarčie č. 2
9 fishing districts in total. Show on map
Catches of Gudgeon
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Photo credits
- Gudgeon: Photo: Viridiflavus at Dutch Wikipedia (Original text: Piet Spaans), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stone loach: Photo: –Xocolatl (talk) 20:12, 26 April 2010 (UTC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roach: Photo: Scardinius_erythropthalmus1_resize.jpg: Original uploader was Algirdas at lt.wikipedia…, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Minimum sizes, protection periods and permitted fishing methods are set by the fishing regulations and the conditions of the specific fishing district. Check them before you fish.