Cardinalfish are paternal mouthbrooders, meaning the dad swims around with a mouth full of eggs for several weeks without eating. And if you’re patient & quiet enough, every so often, you catch a glimpse of dad rotating them! #cardinalfish #mouthbrooder #mouthbrooding #bali #amed #amedbali #tulamben #tulambenbali #chrisgug #gug #gugunderwater | Gug Underwater

How The Ocean Works on Instagram: "Some fish practice a behavior called mouthbrooding, where a parent protects the eggs or young by holding them inside their mouth. In many species, it is actually the mother who does this, carefully sheltering the eggs and later the tiny fish until they are strong enough to swim on their own. The babies are not being stored as food; the parent often cannot eat at all during this time. Most of the danger comes from other fish nearby, including unrelated adults of

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