Mouthbrooder
Kosher
Has fins and scales
Fins
Yes
Scales
Yes
Description
Mouthbrooder isn't a single species, so there's no one dish. Tilapia, the most familiar edible mouthbrooders, are farmed and eaten worldwide.
Mouthbrooder is a behavior, not a species. It describes fish that carry their young in the mouth for protection. The group is dominated by cichlids and tilapia, with arowanas, bettas, gouramies, sea catfish, cardinalfish, and snakeheads also included, living mostly in fresh and brackish waters across Africa, South America, and Asia.
Kosher Mouthbrooder in foreign languages
| Arabic | سمكة حاضن الفم |
| Spanish | Incubación bucal |
| French | incubation buccale |
| Italian | Ciclidi incubatori orali |
| German | Maulbrüter |
| Russian | Инкубация икры во рту |
| Chinese | 口孵 |
| Japanese | マウスブルーダー |
Warnings & Kosher Issues
- Cichlids and tilapia, the common mouthbrooders, are finned, scaled bony fish, so they are kosher. Check the specific species, since mouthbrooder covers many different fish.
- Mouthbrooder is a reproductive behavior shared by many species, not the name of one fish.
- Some mouthbrooders, like the sea catfish, are scaleless catfish and are not kosher. Identify the species before relying on kosher status.