TERM: Description of glossary term.

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substrate brooder

Context: Behavior.

A cichlid that lays its eggs on the substrate, for example, a rock, leaf, or hair roots, and nurtures the eggs and subsequendy the larvae and fry.

Reference

Barlow, George W. 2002. "The Cichlid Fishes (Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution)". Perseus Publishing. 352. ISBN: 9780738203768 (crc03927) (abstract)