Kurtidae

Nurseryfish

Kurtus gulliveri

Egg cluster hung on forehead hook

• Tropical
• Transcontinental
• Oceania
• Deep-bodied
• Large
• Tropical fish

Kurtus gulliveri, the nurseryfish, is a species of fish in the family Kurtidae native to fresh and brackish waters in southern New Guinea and northern Australia. This species is famous for its unusual breeding strategy where the male carries the egg cluster on a hook protruding from the forehead (supraoccipital). Females do not have a hook.