What is warmouth?

Warmouth is a type of sunflower, which occurs mostly in warmer waters of lakes, ponds and marsh areas. Most warmouth is located near the bottom of these waters because they are lower feeders. These fish usually have a yellow or olive green color and men have red eyes during the period of reproduction. For this reason, some people refer to this type of fish as red eye or red -eyed Praguer. Warmouth can grow up to 1 foot (31 cm) and can weigh up to £ 2.25 (1 kg). Most of these fish tend to look very much like bass and many fishermen who catch them are mistakenly believe that they have caught bass.

Warmouth fish are originally from North America and can be found south as Rio Grande in Mexico and in the north as Ontario, Canada. Most of these fish prefer a water formation that have a lot of mud and vegetation at the bottom to hide and look for prey without visible. Adult warmouth usually eats smaller fish and Mollusks and their young people usually feed on insects and zooplankton.Unlike many other similar fish types, these fish can tolerate water that is polluted and low oxygen content, which is likely why it seems to be very predominant in swamps and ponds.

The male warm fish creates a nest during the reproduction period, which usually occurs during the spring and summer months. In the nest, a woman could lay up to 50,000 eggs, but usually at least 4,000. The male fish fertilizes eggs and protects the nest during the incubation period. It only takes three days for the young to incubate and hatch out, and usually remain in the nest area for about one week before leaving forever. Young warmouth achieves sexual maturity usually at a time when 4 inches (10 cm) are long.

Warmouth has several natural predators, including turtles, snakes and large fish, as well as some grounds as herons. Most of these fish live up to eight or nine years in the wild but in Canada Jare considered an endangered species. The Marsha region in Canada is beginning to disappear due to exhaustion and some measures are taken to ensure the survival of this kind of fish. There are some of these fish that currently live in protected conditions in different areas throughout Canada.