matriachal family

matriachal family
the condition where no bond is formed between a spawning pair. The female cares and guards the eggs and the fry, e.g. in some Cichlidae. In this family pattern, the fish are agamous, and usually the female is an ovophile mouthbrooder

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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