Watching my barbatus spawning 2 nights ago, I noted the male shimmying directly over the eggs deposited on the aquarium glass. This followed the more usual T-position fertilisation with associated sperm transfer - via female gut I assume.
I hadn't witnessed this more conventional (for other species)'belt & braces' fertilisation before and was wondering if this was a common occurrence for other cory species? I assume the male is making double sure he's the daddy!
I will try next time to get some pics or video.
Barbatus Fertilisation Behaviour
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