Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A term used when talking about fish. Parents care for the eggs/larva/fry by holding them in their mouth, thus protecting them from danger by third party fish. Which parent performs this task differs from species to species, any combination is possible both parents share the eggs - usually for species that show a strong pair binding, i.e. pairs that stick together a whole life the father holds the eggs the mother holds the eggs - this is often the case for polygame species or a role change some time inbetween\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.