cuckoo catfishes

A form of cuckoo catfish — Synodontis multipunctatus, a small African catfish that lays eggs among the eggs of a cichlid, to be taken care of by the cichlid.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of cuckoo catfish
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