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Title: Male Jawfish Churns Eggs, Cayman Islands
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A mouth-brooding male yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) churns his eggs (by rapidly spitting them in and out of his mouth) as he emerges from his burrow near a coral reef. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Fishes
- Grand Cayman
- Jawfishes: Opistognathidae
- Marine Life
- tropical
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- yellowhead jawfish: Opistognath
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