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Title: Planktonic Larval Stage Ghost Pipefish, Indonesia
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A larval robust ghost pipefish (Solenostomus cyanopterus) drifts as part of the plankton before settling on the seabed as an adult. This species has an unusually long larval stage and a relatively short benthic adult reproductive stage. Photographed in open water, at night. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea
- Bitung
- blackwater
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- Fishes
- Ghost Pipefishes: Solenostomidae
- Indonesia
- larval stage
- Lembeh Strait
- Marine Life
- Molucca Sea
- North Sulawesi
- pelagic
- plankon
- robust ghost pipefish: Solenostomus cyanopterus
- South East Asia
- tropical
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