caa a22 4500 477116841 CHVBK 20180405111624.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00005042 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00005042 Intra-buccal feeding of young in an undescribed Tanganyikan cichlid Microdontochromis sp [Elektronische Daten] [Yasunobu Yanagisawa, Haruki Ochi, Andrew Rossiter] Synopsis: The zooplanktivorous cichlid Microdontochromis sp. formed large stationary schools in midwater consisting of mouthbrooding and nonbrooding individuals. Early young smaller than 6.0 mm in standard length were mouthbrooded solely by females, but large young, up to 17.4 mm, were mouthbrooded by both females and males. Mouthbrooding fish took food as actively as nonbrooding fish to nourish the young and themselves. Eggs were 1.9 mm in maximum diameter, among the smallest known for mouthbrooding cichlid fishes. Young which ate food within the parent's buccal cavity showed a 10-fold increase in dry weight during the mouthbrooding period. Data suggested that parents finally farmed out their young into broods of other cichlid fishes. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996 Buccal feeding nationallicence Parental care nationallicence Mouthbrooding nationallicence Reproductive effort nationallicence Farming out nationallicence Zooplanktivore nationallicence Cichlidae nationallicence Pisces nationallicence Yanagisawa Yasunobu Department of Biology, Ehime University, 790, Matsuyama, Japan aut Ochi Haruki Department of Biology, Ehime University, 790, Matsuyama, Japan aut Rossiter Andrew Department of Biology, Ehime University, 790, Matsuyama, Japan aut Environmental Biology of Fishes Kluwer Academic Publishers; http://www.wkap.nl 47/2(1996-10-01), 191-201 0378-1909 47:2<191 1996 47 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005042 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005042 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yanagisawa Yasunobu Department of Biology, Ehime University, 790, Matsuyama, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ochi Haruki Department of Biology, Ehime University, 790, Matsuyama, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rossiter Andrew Department of Biology, Ehime University, 790, Matsuyama, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Kluwer Academic Publishers; http://www.wkap.nl/ 47/2(1996-10-01), 191-201 0378-1909 47:2<191 1996 47 10641 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer