Editing Mouthbrooder (section)

==Families of mouthbrooding fish==
Families of fish known to include mouthbrooding species include:
* [[Apogonidae]] (cardinalfish): All paternal mouthbrooders
* [[Ariidae]] (sea catfish): All paternal mouthbrooders
* [[Bagridae]] (Bagrid catfish): the only mouthbrooding species in the family is ''[[Bagrus meridionalis]]'', which is a biparental mouthbrooder
* [[Cichlidae]] (cichlids): Numerous species are mouthbrooders, typically maternal mouthbrooders. Some are paternal mouthbrooders e.g. ''[[Sarotherodon melanotheron]]'', or biparental mouthbrooders e.g. [[eretmodine]] cichlids.
* [[Channidae]] (snakeheads): Some members of ''[[Channa]]'' are paternal mouthbrooders.
* [[Liparidae]] (snailfish): ''[[Careproctus ovigerus]]'' is the only species known to be a mouthbrooder (specifically paternal), but the breeding behavior of many other species in the family is unknown.
* [[Opistognathidae]] (jawfishes): All paternal mouthbrooders
* [[Osphronemidae]] (gouramis): A few genera (notably ''[[Betta]]'', by far the largest genus) contain or consist entirely of paternal mouthbrooders. Two species of ''[[Sphaerichthys]]'' are maternal mouthbrooders.
* [[Osteoglossidae]] (arowanas): Some members are paternal mouthbrooders