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Title: Damselfish Egg Care, Indonesia
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A male black-banded demoiselle (Amblypomacentrus breviceps) wafts water (providing oxygen - a common behaviour in egg laying fish) over eggs laid into a bamboo tube. The eggs are at two stages of development, suggesting two different females laid eggs in his nest. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.
- Bitung
- black-banded demoiselle: Amblyp
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- coral reef
- Damselfishes: Pomacentridae
- Fishes
- Indonesia
- Lembeh Strait
- Marine Life
- Molucca Sea
- North Sulawesi
- South East Asia
- tropical
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