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Title: Soapfish Courtship. Cayman Islands.
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A male (behind) greater soapfish (Rypticus saponaceus) courting a female (in front) who is swollen with eggs, prior to mating. Georgetown, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- Alexander Mustard
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- Fishes
- Grand Cayman
- greater soapfish: Rypticus saponaceus
- macro
- Marine Life
- mating behaviour
- reprodcution
- reproduction
- sex
- Soapfishes: Serranids: Serranidae
- tropical
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