- the most
diverse mouthbrooders.
Mouthbrooding has
evolved independently in
several different families of fish.
Paternal mouthbrooders are
species where...
- The
Katavi mouthbrooder (Haplochromis katavi) is a
species of
cichlid fish
endemic to
Tanzania where it is
found in the Lake
Rukwa drainage. This species...
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Betta ocellata,
sometimes known as the
eyespot mouthbrooder, is a
species of gourami. It is
native to Asia,
where it
occurs in north-eastern Borneo, specifically...
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Chromidotilapia guntheri, or Günther's
mouthbrooder, is a
cichlid from Africa. It was
previously considered to
consist of two subspecies, the
common C...
- The
Egyptian mouthbrooder (Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor) is a
species of cichlid. This
small mouthbrooder reaches about 8 cm (3.1 in) in length, and is...
- annelids.
Juveniles that are
still under the
protection of the male
mouthbrooder feed
predominately on
planktonic crustaceans close by to the
mouth of...
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Betta schalleri,
sometimes known as Schaller's
mouthbrooder, is a
species of gourami. It is a
freshwater fish
native to Asia,
where it is
known only from...
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Astatotilapia flaviijosephi, the
Jordan mouthbrooder, is a
vulnerable species of
freshwater fish in the
family Cichlidae (cichlids). It is
found in the...
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guarding speleophils), and at
least two
types of
mouthbrooders,
ovophile mouthbrooders and
larvophile mouthbrooders. Open- or substrate-brooding
cichlids lay...
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Channa bleheri. This
species grows to 16 in (40 cm). It is
probably a
mouthbrooder, like most of the
smaller snakeheads. One
report is
known from a German...