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Mouthbrooded
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. Mouthbrooding behaviour Paternal mouthbrooders are species where the male looks after the eggs. Paternal mouthbrooders include the arowana, various mouthbrooding bettas and gouramies such as ''Betta pugnax'', and sea catfish such as ''Ariopsis felis''. Among cichlids, paternal mouthbrooding is relatively rare, but is found among some of the tilapiines, most notably the black-chin tilapia ''Sarotherodon melanotheron''. In the case of the maternal mouthbrooders, the female takes the eggs. Maternal mouthbrooders are found among both African and South American cic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyphotilapia Frontosa Mouthbrooding
''Cyphotilapia'' is a small genus of African cichlids endemism, endemic to Lake Tanganyika, with ''C. frontosa'' being roughly confined to the northern half of the lake and ''C. gibberosa'' roughly to the southern half.Takahashi, T. and K. Nakaya (2003). New species of Cyphotilapia (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika, Africa. Copeia 2003(4): 824-832. They have a distinctly banded pattern, bulbous foreheads when mature and can reach up to in length. These are a mouth-brooding cichlid with a rather small batch of fry each spawn. The mother will hold the fry in her mouth for about 3–4 weeks before finally releasing about 30-70 fry. These are slow-growing fish, which take up to 6 years to reach sexual maturity. They can live for up to 25 years. Species There are currently two recognized species in this genus: * ''Cyphotilapia frontosa'' (George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1906) (Humphead cichlid) * ''Cyphotilapia gibberosa'' Tetsumi Takahashi, T. Takahashi & Kazuhiro N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |