Interesting observation - Eliza male

[peterK]

Hi everyone.
Early this year I have had a very interesting (to me, at least) observation on Eliza male's behaviour. To be exact: I found out, that when female left a spawn cave with eggs for a while, male tried to get in and "fan" eggs with characteristic move ("characteristic" to females than males I think). When female came back, she chased away the male to his normal duties.

Here's a pic of male trying to take care of fry:

 

[K-Pon]

Such behaviour I observes at the majority APISTO.
The majority of species looking after the offspring peaceably:
A. sp. aff. cruzi (Picuruyacu) WILD
A. sp. "Schwarzbrust" WILD
A. sp. "Pebas" WILD
A. sp. "Pebas" ("Morado") WILD
A. pucallpaensis WILD
A. (cf.) alacrina / sp. "Rotpunkt" WILD (only when in the aquarium is 1 male)
A. guttata
A. iniridae WILD
A. velifera
A. sp. "Breitbinden"
A. atahualpa
A. sp. "Schwarzkinn / Black-chin" WILD
A. cacatuoides WILD
A. trifasciata WILD
A. elizabethae
A. gibbiceps
A. (cf.) bitaeniata
A. eremnopyge WILD
A. sp. Abacaxis

I rank females of exchanged lower species to the category "I hate him":
A. cf. borellii
A. hongsloi
A. macmasteri / viejita
A. nijsseni
A. panduro
A. baenschi
A. norberti WILD
A. cacatuoides
A. agassizii

I did not observe exchanged lower species during the care over the offspring yet:
A. cf. pertensis
A. pantalone
A. sp. Kelleri