Analyze Some species of cichlid fish hold their fertilized eggs inside their mouths until they hatch.

What might be the costs and benefits of this behavior?

may starve

Explanation:

The eggs will remain inside the female's mouth until they hatch into fry ... After the mating, the female will have a mouthful of fertilized eggs ... This is important because she will not eat while holding the eggs in her mouth the sad thing is she may starve or she may die before she see's them hatch she does this to protect the eggs from the aggresive father

they dont get eaten by other fish

since she is holding them and not as many are getting eaten there will be a biggier chance of the population rising