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matriarch/patriarch family
(English) The condition in Cichlidae where the female watches over the brood, while the male defends the territory. When the fry become free-swimming, the parents bear the tasks of parenthood equally. This family form is usually formed by monogamous, open-water brooders. Sexual dimorphism and dichromatism is common. See also patriarch/matriarch family. (See also: sexual dimorphism, monogamy, patriarch/matriarch family)

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