 "S. multipunctatus" uses these, particularly "Ctenochromis horei" and "Simochromis babaulti", as unwitting caretakers for their children.The smell of spawning cichlids excites "S. multipunctatus" into spawning, and as the cichlids lay their eggs the catfish will quickly slip in and eat its eggs before they can be collected by the mother.While doing so they also release and fertilise their own eggs.