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oral incubation
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
oral gestation
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oral incubation — mouth breeding or the care and hatching of fertilized eggs in the mouth. Also called buccal incubation and, less aptly, oral gestation, e.g. certain Apogonidae, Ariidae, Anabantidae, Osteoglossidae … Dictionary of ichthyology
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buccal incubation — oral incubation (mouth breeding or the care and hatching of fertilized eggs in the mouth. Also called, less aptly, oral gestation, e.g. certain Apogonidae, Ariidae, Anabantidae, Osteoglossidae) … Dictionary of ichthyology
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