I have not kept any of these species for a very long time, but have some notes I made on C. spilurus from Belize from the 1980s. For C. spilurus I commented that "the female turns very dark, almost black, and displays vigorously to attract a male". So it does seem that the female in these species tends to instigate courtship rather than the male, or both together.
People who have kept chetumalensis or spilurus, do the females dance?
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I have also noticed a higher frequency of polygamy in cutteri, perhaps the whole "females making territories" bit allows for males to hop between females easier as they move around an area
This also makes sense with what I saw in Belize (C.spilurus), many females were defending their fry alone.
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