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Cuckoo catfish really do have some strange breeding habits. They can only breed parasitically which seems more like a worm than a fish.

Cuckoo Catfish Breeding 

Cuckoo catfish lay their eggs when other fish are also spawning. The host is always a mouth breeding cichlid of African origin. When the cichlids spawn the cuckoo catfish will quickly swim in , eat some eggs then lay it's own.

Cuckoo Catfish Video 

Cichlids and a Cuckoo Catfish

Cichlids and a cuckoo catfish in my top 55 gallon tank, a little competition going on

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Cuckoo Catfish & Cichlids 

Cuckoo Catfish

syno multipunctatus

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Cuckoo Catfish Breeding Pair 

Cyrtocara moorii and Synodontis multipunctatus

A pair of Cyrtocara moorii spawning, while a pack of multipunctatus (Cuckoo`s) dives in for gang bang

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