Mouthbrooding
Guest post: Gretchen Stokes, University of Florida Mouthbrooding is when fertilized eggs are carried and incubated in the parent’s mouth. Rather sophisticated for parental care in fishes, it may have evolved from lack of nest sites, predation or habitat invasion. It occurs in more than 53 genera of fishes. Mouthbrooding can be conducted by males (paternal), … [Read more…]