The first record of a biparental mouthbrooding catfish

Authors
Ochi, H Rossiter, A Yanagisawa, Y
Citation
H. Ochi et al., The first record of a biparental mouthbrooding catfish, J FISH BIOL, 57(6), 2000, pp. 1601-1604
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00221112 → ACNP
Volume
57
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1601 - 1604
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1112(200012)57:6<1601:TFROAB>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
In Lake Tanganyika the bagrid catfish Phyllonemus typus is a biparental mou thbrooder, the first such record among catfishes. Eggs and yolk-sac larvae are mouthbrooded by either or both parents, and following yolk-sac absorpti on, young are released temporarily from the mouth to feed beneath rocks whi ch bring guarded by both parents. (C) 2000 The Fisheries Society of the Bri tish Isles.