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Title: Clearfin lionfish courtship. Egypt, Red Sea.
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Clearfin lionfish (radiated lionfish: Pterois radiata) courtship prior to mating. Here the larger male (behind) is attempting to coax the female to spawn. Taken around dusk, during the summer in the Red Sea. Abu Nuhas, Egypt.
- Alexander Mustard
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- coral reef
- Egypt
- Fishes
- Marine Life
- radiated lionfish: Pterois radiata
- Red Sea
- reprodcution
- reproduction
- Scorpionfishes: Scorpaenidae
- sex
- sub-tropical
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