[4] Spawning grounds for kissing loach are ditches and small reservoirs for rice cultivation of a river system located in Japan.

The bottom water temperature was also measured hourly for 35 days using a data logger with a self-contained thermometer" (Abe & Sakamoto, 2011).

[10] Parabotia curtus only lay eggs once a year, and spawn in early summer in flooded areas like ditches or small reservoirs used to harvest rice.

Many environmental organizations have begun to work with government officials to try and expand these crucial ecosystems and to prevent urbanization and destruction of the few natural habitats left used for spawning for many species of fish, like the protected kissing loach.

The developers of this city soon realized, after speaking with many environmental and conservational organizations, that the planned location of the stadium would destroy an important spawning ground for juvenile fish and by building the land up flooding in certain areas could occur.