Animal that cares for its offspring by holding them its mouth
A female Cyphotilapia frontosa mouthbrooding fry which can be seen looking out from her mouth
Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a variety of different animals, such as the Darwin's frog, fish are by far the most diverse mouthbrooders. Mouthbrooding has evolved independently in several different families of fish.[1]
^Helfman, G., Collette, B, Facey, D.: The Diversity of Fishes, Blackwell Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-86542-256-7
the most diverse mouthbrooders. Mouthbrooding has evolved independently in several different families of fish. Paternal mouthbrooders are species where...
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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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mouthbrooding, but exceptions occur; the large C. barca is a paternal mouthbrooder and the dwarf C. bleheri is a free-spawner (the eggs float to the surface...
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Borneo. It is found in a variety of freshwater habitats and is a paternal mouthbrooder. The species reaches 8.2 cm (3.2 inches) in standard length and is known...
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swimming: seahorse Camouflaged: leafy seadragon No scales: clingfish Mouthbrooder: front cichlid with young in mouth Fish species are roughly divided equally...
guarding speleophils), and at least two types of mouthbrooders, ovophile mouthbrooders and larvophile mouthbrooders. Open- or substrate-brooding cichlids lay...
of people in the Sarawak (it means "of the Iban"). This species is a mouthbrooder, and grows to a length of 8.1 centimetres (3.2 in) SL. Low, B.W. (2019)...
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the Barito basin in Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia. This species is a mouthbrooder, and grows to a length of around 9 centimetres (3.5 in) SL. Low, B.W...
that yearly spawning is regulated seasonally. The arapaima male is a mouthbrooder, like the related Osteoglossum genus, meaning the young are protected...
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Egg case Development Ichthyoplankton Juvenile Life history theory Milt Mouthbrooder Polyandry Pregnancy Roe Sequential hermaphroditism Spawning triggers...
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