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Ecological parameter: parental care

Parameter group: life & body related parameters

Explanation:
The parameter provides information on the parental behaviour of a species to increase the fitness of the offspring.

Abbreviations:
Category name:Abbreviations:Explanation:
no protectionnono protection of eggs or larvae (no parental care)
protectionprotprotection of eggs and/or larvae, often including some form of parental care (nest or eggs hidden in any manner)
Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Acipenseriformes7 / 13 - 53.8%
Anguilliformes1 / 1 - 100%
Clupeiformes1 / 18 - 5.5%
Cypriniformes41 / 313 - 13%
Esociformes2 / 3 - 66.6%
Gadiformes1 / 1 - 100%
Gasterosteiformes2 / 9 - 22.2%
Perciformes17 / 94 - 18%
Petromyzontiformes2 / 13 - 15.3%
Salmoniformes11 / 125 - 8.7%
Scorpaeniformes1 / 16 - 6.2%
Siluriformes4 / 7 - 57.1%
Syngnathiformes1 / 4 - 25%