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The first record of a biparental mouthbrooding catfish
Author(s) -
Ochi H.,
Rossiter A.,
Yanagisawa Y.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2000.tb02235.x
Subject(s) - biology , catfish , yolk sac , fishery , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , larva , yolk , ecology , embryo
In Lake Tanganyika the bagrid catfish Phyllonemus typus is a biparental mouthbrooder, the first such record among catfishes. Eggs and yolk‐sac larvae are mouthbrooded by either or both parents, and following yolk‐sac absorption, young are released temporarily from the mouth to feed beneath rocks which being guarded by both parents.