what types of cichlids mouthbrood?

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BarroomHero;2458750; said:
The majority of African cichlids are mouthbrooders
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That is true.
 
Most Geos...
 
There is only one species on non-moutbrooding cichlid in Lake Malawi.
There are a good number mouthbrooding cichlids in Lake Tanganyika including sandsifters, featherfins, cyps and fronts among others.
The majority of Victorian cichlids are mouthbrooders.
Oreochromis species.
You also have mouthbrooding Geophagus and Satanoperca.
The true severum, Heros severus, is a mouthbrooder.
Bujurquina sp. as well.
 
Mouthbrooders.....

  • Apogonidae (cardinalfish): All paternal mouthbrooders
  • Ariidae (sea catfish): All paternal mouthbrooders
  • Bagridae (Bagrid catfish): One species of biparental mouthbrooders
  • Cichlidae (cichlids): Numerous species are mouthbrooders, of these most are maternal mouthbrooders. Occasional paternal mouthbrooding eg. Sarotherodon melanotheron, infrequently biparental mouthbrooders eg. eretmodine cichlids.
  • Luciocephalidae (pikeheads): All paternal mouthbrooders
  • Cyclopteridae (lumpfish): A few species are paternal mouthbrooders
  • Opistognathidae (jawfishes): All paternal mouthbrooders
  • Osphronemidae (gouramis): A few species are paternal mouthbrooders
  • Osteoglossidae (arowanas): All paternal mouthbrooders
From:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouthbrooder
 
Cool trivia tidbit to add. There is a catfish who takes advantage of mouthbrooding cichlids (not positive on which rift lake) by distributing their eggs with the females to have the male protect the catfish fry. Probably due to the ferociously great parenting they display.
 
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