cloaca. She brings the sperm through her digestive tract to her cloaca, where her eggs meet the sperm. She then rushes into the nest of a cichlid, devours the eggs, and deposits her own. The cichlids then raise the catfish as their own. References External links petricola Freshwater fish of Africa Fish of Burundi Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Fish of Tanzania Fish of Zambia Fish described in 1959 Taxa named by Hubert Matthes