Spawning behavior of the Điệp Lệ, a fish from Madagascar, scientific name Ptychochromis oligacanthus. This is a different pair in the same tank. After the “neighbors” in the pot got busy, this household also took the chance to “do the deed” at the other end of the tank.
You can clearly see the fishes’ sexual organs in the video. The male is a little bigger and a little brighter in color. The two take turns: one rubs along the substrate to lay eggs, the other rubs over the eggs to release milt. All the while, the parents have to stand guard over the nest.
It’s a species rarely kept in the aquarium world — they don’t even have a common English name yet. Hoping to help popularize them among local keepers, I gave it the Vietnamized name Điệp Lệ. Name suggested by: @[100000484624232:2048:Trung Hien Liu].
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