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* [[Bagridae]] (Bagrid catfish): One species of biparental mouthbrooders
* [[Cichlidae]] (cichlids): Numerous species are mouthbrooders, typically maternal mouthbrooders. Occasional paternal mouthbrooding e.g. ''[[Sarotherodon melanotheron]]'', infrequently biparental mouthbrooders e.g. eretmodine cichlids.
* [[ Channidae]] (snakeheads): Some members of [[Channa]] are paternal mouthbrooders.
* [[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.
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