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Title: Spawning Mandarinfish. Indonesia
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A pair of mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) spawning. The larger male (behind) is lifting the female into the spawning rise on his pectoral fin, the smaller female (foreground) is releasing eggs, clearly visible below her body. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.
- behaviour
- Bitung
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- critter
- Dragonets: Callionymidae
- Fishes
- Indonesia
- Lembeh Strait
- mandarinfish: Synchiropus splendidus
- Marine Life
- Molucca Sea
- muck diving
- reproduction
- South East Asia
- spawning
- Sulawesi
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