Show this fish uses its mouth As incubator nursery some fish have curious breeding habits the curious for 0 r example uses its mouth as an incubator meanwhile going on a self denying diet this fish is only two to two and a half inches long as a rule when the time comes for spawning the male will make a hollow in the sand and in this the eggs are deposited and fertilized the female then picks up the eggs in her mouth carrying them about this way for about two weeks until the young hatch out the mouth of the female continues to act as a refuge for the little fish until they are able to forage for themselves during the period of hatching the mother does not take food but after hatching she chews food particles fine enough for her offspring to devour |