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Ariidae
.............many species of catfish,are mouth brooders. The male retains the fertilized eggs in his mouth until hatching occurs - a period of up to eighty days! For a short time after hatching (up to two weeks) juveniles will remain in or return to the adult's mouth for protection. During this time the adult male does not feed,,,,
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Thank you :):)
Great pic Ashok!
Amazing shot!! :)
Thanks you friends.....for the likes and comments :):)
wew nice. .
wow really nice!
Incredible shot!!! Way to go, dad!
Amazing click Ashok ....
Incredible !
Really great capture. Wonderful detail. I never knew catfish were mouth brooders, very cool!
Great capture Ashok N Pulliyerengi,congrats and thanks for sharing
Really cool and I like the information.
Spectacular! Awesome find!
Nice one!
Very fascinating...thanks!
That's amazing Ashok! Thank you for sharing, really beautiful pictures and story.
Thank you friends , This was taken in place called Parangipettai where there is marine biology research station about 2 hours drive from Chennai city in southern India ....this was harvested from apparently injured dying adult fish ....I believe they have survived under the watchful eyes of the marine biologists
Wonderful spot Ashok!
They look adorable. Excellent composition. Nicely done.
Wouw..pretty..egg.
wow!!
What lovely pearls. LOL
They look like little eyeballs haha!
Wow, very interesting pictures! It looks like they are in air? Can you tell as the story behind them?
leuba they where probably 0.1 to 0.2 inches in size,,,,,yep they looked cute :)