-
various mouthbrooding bettas and
gouramies such as
Betta pugnax, and sea
catfish such as
Ariopsis felis.
Among cichlids,
paternal mouthbrooding is relatively...
-
their eggs and fry,
usually in the form of
guarding the eggs and fry or
mouthbrooding.
Cichlids span a wide
range of body sizes, from
species as
small as...
- Tanganyika,
Synodontis multipunctatus, is a
brood parasite of
several mouthbrooding cichlid fish. The
catfish eggs are
incubated in the host's mouth, and—in...
- are
larger and
capable of
surviving on
their own. Many
advantages to
mouthbrooding exist as
opposed to
other forms of
parental care, such as
bubble nesting...
- B. splendens,
while others are mouthbrooders, such as B. picta. The
mouthbrooding species are
sometimes called "pseudo bettas", and are
sometimes speculated...
- the
Great Rift
Valley system in Africa. It is a
brood parasite upon
mouthbrooding cichlids. This
species grows to a
length of 27.5
centimetres (10.8 in)...
- can
reach a
length of 6.7
centimetres (2.6 in) SL. It is one of the
mouthbrooding Betta species. This species, as a
natural predator of
mosquito larvae...
-
other than
birds is the
cuckoo catfish.
These fish prey
specifically on
mouthbrooding cichlids. When the
female cichlid lays her eggs on the
ground the cuckoo...
- ****ociated with nest
production is low
relative to
mouthbrooding.
Compared to nonmouthbrooders, both
mouthbrooding and
growing a new
clutch of eggs is not energetically...
-
belonging to the
genus Oreochromis typically care for
their young through mouthbrooding, oral
incubation of the eggs and larvae.
Similar to
other tilapia, Nile...
