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Thoughts and theories re: American Paddlefish Polyodon spathula

As from reviewing the spawning of this species in Hatchery conditions and read the life history as reported on it's current status I surmise the eggs are adhesive to each other and would be deposited in as excavation constructed by a female paddlefish finding conditions required to stimulate reproductive efforts including the substrate, where she would excavate a large pit where she would have the proper subsurface flow from an instinctual position in the streamflow, bedload qualities whereby the once deposited egg mass would receive D.O. right water temp, and other microsite variables for offspring's necessities in developmental phase. Think of a female salmon in positioning to the upstream flow, but larger pit but sandy bar at a tributary mouth or freshet where water percolates from below or from natural flow in the female paddlefish's receptive nature is sufficient to trigger egg-laying that is maybe mostly sand (inner gorge flows), oxbows, major sandy bottom areas with aforementioned flow characteristics. So adherence to other eggs in single unit or various collectives of units where eggs are ejected into the substrate through egg-laying to then be Milt would be ejected by male(s) as opportunities exist as the eggs are receptive to spermatozoa, of male(s) that move into the active reproductive excavation, side by side positioning allows proper and vital positioning to have fertilization occur. Generally this allows for natural mating whereby both and other male sneakers could again be satisfying fertilization priorities are met and eggs fertilized successfully in that order. Given their size and slow sexual maturity rates the egg masses might be compared to Halibut in the ocean where they spawn in similar conditions at river mouths in sandy bottom outlets of freshwater quality( brackish waters of large river systems at confluences ) Major consideration is unique large size of female, digging the troughs or excavations in the proper microsite variables as described above

Egg masses of Polyodon spathula in such deposits in that pocket thus be an egg mass connected, fertilized until the female is completed the egg- laying whereby she would begin covering them with aforementioned substrate sand compromising a large proportion of that now congealed egg mass or masses. The paddle would thereby be used to do this as in excavation so as to insure consistency and quality care needed to bury the egg mass or masses properly. This rostrum then is indeed a shovel or spade type implement evolved for such behaviors some researchers have speculated on. Female would likely stay around mound area to protect egg mass(es) as maturity and knowledge or instinctual behaviors ward off predation efforts on or in surrounding environs while egg development occurs. As in chinook salmon breeding ecological parenting is before death of female, yet in paddlefish female is likely to survive and possibly even wait as fry emerge. Given the age and reproductive effort nursing behaviors then might continue to raise young by swimming, leading, young in spawning area and larger habitat as they circulate and begin feeding procedures that young fish would have naturally as filter feeders inhabit newly acquired birthplace in patterns required for adult existence. Feeding is essential for the family unit as is the movement or positioning in water flow column, food availability and continued survival for developing paddlefish Braids and side channeling, gorge positioning, required maternal area habitat. Wikipedia reference page with all given references in available information.RespectusProtectusWard (talk) 20:01, 14 March 2019 (UTC)