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Title: Spawning Mandarinfish. Philippines.
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A pair of mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus) spawning. The larger male (below) is lifting the female into the spawning rise on his pectoral fin, the smaller female (above) is releasing eggs, clearly visible below her body. Anilao, Batangas, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean.
- Anilao
- Batangas
- behaviour
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- critter
- Dragonets: Callionymidae
- Fishes
- Luzon
- mandarinfish: Synchiropus splendidus
- Marine Life
- muck diving
- Philippines
- reproduction
- rerproduction
- spawning
- tropical
- Tropical West Pacific Ocean
- Verde Island Passages
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