These fish scoop out a nest under a rock, then attach up to 500 eggs to the ceiling. The male of the species guards the nest till the young have hatched and grown large enough to leave home. Diet: fishes, crustaceans Size: up to 38 cm (15 in) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Batrachoidiformes Family: Batrachoididae Genus: Porichthys Species: Porichthys notatus (Girard, 1854)
These fish scoop out a nest under a rock, then attach up to 500 eggs to the ceiling. The male of the species guards the nest till the young have hatched and grown large enough to leave home. Diet: fishes, crustaceans Size: up to 38 cm (15 in) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Batrachoidiformes Family: Batrachoididae Genus: Porichthys Species: Porichthys notatus (Girard, 1854)
