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Title: Spawning Lionfish. Indonesia
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A pair of shortfin lionfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus) swim up into the water column and spawn a raft of eggs at night. The male is the larger fish on the right. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.
- behaviour
- Bitung
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- egg raft
- eggs
- Fishes
- Indonesia
- Lembeh Strait
- Lionfishes: Scorpaenidae
- Marine Life
- mating
- Molucca Sea
- muck diving
- North Sulawesi
- reprodcution
- shortfin lionfish: Dendrochirus brachypterus
- South East Asia
- spawning
- tropical
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