While we're on the subject, I'll share this short video. Many sunfish (in the Family Centrarchidae) also build and guard nests. Often, it's the little males that pull guard duty. That's the case in the longear sunfish, Lepomis megalotis. While sampling a local stream, we watched this little guy and his buddies working hard guarding eggs from marauding bluegills.
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