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Title: Jawfish With Eggs. Cayman Islands
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A male yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) aerates his eggs by spitting them out of his mouth, a behaviour known as churning. These are new eggs and have not yet developed eyes. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- behaviour
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- coral reef
- East End
- eggs
- Fishes
- Grand Cayman
- Jawfishes: Opistognathidae
- Marine Life
- mouth brooder
- reproduction
- tropical
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- yellowhead jawfish: Opistognathus aurifrons
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