Mouth Brooder

Male and female mouth brooder, like this pair, will sometimes "dance" side by side during the courtship. The female with her fin all flare up will also dance around the male to get his attention. She will defense the breeding ground.

Mouth Brooders That Produce Demersal Postlarvae Or Juveniles
Mouth brooders that produce large postlarval or juvenile young that do not have a pelagic larval stage must have large eggs that carry enough nutritive yolk to support development of a ...

Mouth brooder and Bubble nest builder
There are two different types of breeding methods in the different types of betta species. Bubble-nest-builders and the Mouth-brooders.
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Mouth Brooders Overview: Key Points, Tips & Tricks
Fish Types: Some Cichlids, some species of Betta
Mouth brooders are called this because of the parent's habit of protecting eggs and young in their mouths.

Mouth Brooder: Fish that protect un-hatched eggs in their mouth. Sometimes called tooth-carps. Some species are maternal mouthbrooders, such as most African Cichlids, which means that it is the mother that guards the eggs in her mouth.

Mouth Brooder: Fish which protect unhatched eggs in the mouth. Sometimes called tooth-carps.

Mouth Brooder
Compatibility:
Mbuna Cichlids such as the Auratus, Cobalt Blue, Johanni, Pindani, Red Zebra, Tropheops. Also synodontis catfish. Too aggressive for Haplochromis and Peacock Cichlids.

Mouth brooder. Males tend to be quite aggressive towards females. It is best to keep them with several females and a lot of rockwork. Typical broods between 20-40.

A mouth brooder, eggs are laid in a rocky crevasse or cave and then scooped up by the female where she carries them for 21 to 28 days. Once released, she will take them back into her mouth at night or if danger is present.

- Mouth brooders typically mate on a flat, clean rock. Therefore, it is imperative that you provide them will several of these. They also prefer them to be in secluded areas of the tank so try to match this condition as well.

Mozambique Mouth Brooder [Pictures]
Oreochromis mossambicus
SYN: Chromis dumerili, C. mossambicus, Tilapia dumerili, T. mossambica, Sarotherodon mossambicus
PD: An elongated, oval-shaped fish with lateral compression. The mouth is wide.

Spawn: Maternal mouth brooder
Comments: This is a highly aggressive cichlid as are most Victorians. Like many of the Victorians this fish may be extinct in the lake due in a large part to the introduction in the 1950's of Nile Perch to Lake Victoria.

Most species from Lake Malawi are mouth brooders and constitute a large proportion of the species available in the hobby. A lot of the Tanganyikan species form lifetime pair bonds and protect their young, while others are also mouth brooders.

Breeding: The Blue dolphin is a mouth brooder, which means the female will keep her fry in her mouth. They need to be around 18 months old before they breed.

They lay their eggs near the spawning mouth brooders. The female mouth brooders carry their eggs as well as its eggs, but the catfish fry hatch earlier and they are big enough to eat either the cichlid eggs or the cichlid fry, ...

It is a mouth brooder with the female caring for the young. The male will not have any interest in protecting his offspring. In the wild, males will gather in a group to breed.

The Tropheus Moorii Cichlid is a mouth brooder, and breeding is more difficult than most of the cichlids. This is a very slow growing species which may take a few years to reach sexual maturity.

Breeding: Aulonocara hansbaenschi (Firebird Cichlid) are mouth brooders, the eggs are laid on a rock and then taken into the female's mouth.

They, as with most Victorians, are mouth brooders. A good sign that spawning is in the works occurs with males squaring off with each other, becoming very colorful.

Considered a specialized mouth brooder, eggs are fertilized and carried by the female. Within 12 to 18 days, fry are released, measuring 1/4 inch. Once released, they do not return to their mother again.

Frontosa are mouth brooders. Mouth brooding is a method of reproduction common among lake cichlids. After fertilization, the female frontosa will carry the eggs in her mouth for the incubation period.

A rule of thumb is that our breeding females will have about fifty eggs, and because we are a mouth brooder our females will incubate them for 23 to 30 days in their mouth.

Breeding The Golden Cichlid is a mouth brooder, and is easily bred in captivity. It is generally recommended that the male be placed in a breeding tank with several females, making them "harem breeders".

Description
A beatiful mouth brooder that is easily cared for,and not overly aggresive when spawning. Males develop yellow throughout the head, and females are grey/brown.

According to Ochi et al, 2000, P. typus is a biparental mouth brooder. Male and female form a strong pair bond before mating and caring for young, with the male and/or female incubating and hatching the eggs in their mouth.
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Some species are mouth brooders, the parents holding sometimes hundreds of eggs in their mouths. The young may make several tentative trips outside the parent's mouth to investigate the surroundings before leaving permanently.

Breeding:
Kaudren Cradinal's are one of the easiest saltwater fish to breed in the aquarium. This species are mouth brooders which contributes to the survival of the fry.

Im pretty sure that they are not fertilized. the main majority of african cichlids are mouth brooders and release their babies after they hatch.
-Laurie-
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The most well known Anabantoid fish include the Dwarf Gourami and Siamese Fighting Fish. Many Anabantoid fish, not all, will characteristically blow a bubble nest when breeding. Others are mouth brooders
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