spraying characin

fish

Also known as: Copeina arnoldi

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In characin
…among aquatic plants, but the spraying characin (Copeina arnoldi), placed in a separate family, Lebiasinidae, deposits its spawn out of water on an overhanging leaf or other suitable object, the male keeping the eggs moist by periodically splashing water on them with his tail.
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In ostariophysan: Breeding
…exceptions is the characin (Copeina arnoldi); the female actually leaps out of the water to lay her eggs on the undersides of overhanging leaves (or, in captivity, of aquarium covers), to which she clings, joined by the male, during egg deposition. The parents then splash water on the fertilized…
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