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  • noun Oral incubation; the care given by some animals, especially fishes, to their offspring by holding them in the mouth for extended periods of time.

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Examples

  • For example, S. multipunctatus the gorgeous fish pictured above is the only fish known to practice brood parasitism: it manages to mix it eggs with those of mouthbrooding cichlids in Lake Tanganyika, its larvae grow faster than those of the host and feed on them.

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  • Agassiz goes on to speculate about the anatomical innovation, the lobed gill arch, which he believes permits mouthbrooding.

    What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

  • On page 220 of that book he describes mouthbrooding in a “Geophagus” species from Tefe.

    What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

  • On page 220 of that book he describes mouthbrooding in a “Geophagus” species from Tefe.

    What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

  • Agassiz goes on to speculate about the anatomical innovation, the lobed gill arch, which he believes permits mouthbrooding.

    What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

  • Reflect that the practice of mouthbrooding, which characterizes all of the “juruparoid” Satanoperca that have been spawned in the aquarium hobby to date, was probably known to the natives.

    What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

  • Reflect that the practice of mouthbrooding, which characterizes all of the “juruparoid” Satanoperca that have been spawned in the aquarium hobby to date, was probably known to the natives.

    What's in a Latin binomial? 2008

  • Also, some mouthbrooding cichlids: the fish “shimmy” at each other.

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  • For example, S. multipunctatus the gorgeous fish pictured above is the only fish known to practice brood parasitism: it manages to mix it eggs with those of mouthbrooding cichlids in Lake Tanganyika, its larvae grow faster than those of the host and feed on them.

    The Panda's Thumb: December 2006 Archives 2006

  • For example, S. multipunctatus the gorgeous fish pictured above is the only fish known to practice brood parasitism: it manages to mix it eggs with those of mouthbrooding cichlids in Lake Tanganyika, its larvae grow faster than those of the host and feed on them.

    Synodontis species flocks in Lake Tanganyika - The Panda's Thumb 2006

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  • 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, most notably Darwin's frog, fishes are by far the most diverse mouthbrooders. (Wikipedia)

    February 7, 2012