how do various cichlids signal their fry?

I'm curious about this... I know that krib fry is attracted to the red
belly of their parent and stop moving as soon as that belly is out of
sight, but observing my severums I wonder how those fish signal their fry.
it'd be nice to have a list here of observations of parents handling their
fry, signal analyis and so on. the severum parents constantly have a
yellow bottom, but I haven't noticed any tendency of the fry to be
swimming towards it yet. I believe that the parent which is with the fry
has a brighter eye than the other one, but that could be coincidence.

let's hear it :) !

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>I'm curious about this... I know that krib fry is attracted to the red
>belly of their parent and stop moving as soon as that belly is out of
>sight, but observing my severums I wonder how those fish signal their fry.
>it'd be nice to have a list here of observations of parents handling their
>fry, signal analyis and so on. the severum parents constantly have a
>yellow bottom, but I haven't noticed any tendency of the fry to be
>swimming towards it yet. I believe that the parent which is with the fry
>has a brighter eye than the other one, but that could be coincidence.
>
>let's hear it :) !
>
>

Go by "the Cichlid Fishes" By Dr George Barlow..

By far the best book to explain everything the other books
omit.

Bob