polyphil

polyphil
a reproductive guild (q.v.) having various spawning substrates. Adhesive eggs are attached singly or in clusters. The eggs have dense yolk with high carotenoid content, embryonic respiratory structures are well-developed, and feeding of young on parental mucus is common, e.g. Symphysodon discus

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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