Gudgeon, scud in flyfishing. Description and imitations

Sprouts – the common name for marine and freshwater bottom-dwelling species crustaceans from several families in in a row dipods. They have a distinctive, laterally flattened, arched body up to 2 cm long, which can be divided into a head, thorax, and abdomen. On the thorax are legs, which allow the animal to move through the water by swimming or crawling among plants and rocks. Loaches live on the bottom of bodies of water and are often found in large numbers.

In Poland, in freshwater and in the Baltic Sea, there are about 20 species native, including^{[footnote needed]}:

Genres freshwater

• spa nail (Gammarus pulex) - also found in river mouths to seas
• Gammarus fossarum
• lake gudgeon (Gammarus lacustris)
• Gammarus varsoviensis
• Gammarus balcanicus
• river minnow (Gammarus roeseli)
• small nail (Chaetogammarus stoerensis) - also found in the Baltic Sea

Marine Species

• sea pike ((Gammarus locusta)^[1]
• common woodpecker (Gammarus inaequicauda)
• oceanic toothfish (Gammarus oceanicus) - the largest species in the country, growing up to 27 mm in length^[1]
• river minnow (Gammarus duebeni)^[1]
• flood drain (Gammarus zaddachi)^[1]
• Baltic gudgeon (Gammarus salinus)^[1]

^{source: Wikipedia}