Abstract
In Lake Tanganyika the bagrid catfishPhyllonemus typusis a biparental mouthbrooder, the first such record among catfishes. Eggs and yolk‐sac larvae are mouthbrooded by either or both parents, and following yolk‐sac absorption, young are released temporarily from the mouth to feed beneath rocks which being guarded by both parents.
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