Is it the male or female fish that stays on the nest in water?
Rock bass or smallmouth bass stay on their nest till the eggs are hatched, which stays there on the nest, the male or female?


in small mouth bass the male guards the nest until the babies begin to disperse.
it is usually the female.
and i dont know how much more specific i can get.
can you answer one of my questions.. please?
With these basses, and most sunfish, it is the male that guards the nest and fry.
Although I have seen both m and f guarding theire free-swimming fry.