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Animal Behavior
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Lizardfish (Synodontidae sp.)
swallowing an unidentified fish.
Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi,
Indonesia.  Pacific Ocean.
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Male Coral Cardinalfish
(Apogon properupta)
mouth brooding eggs.
Anilao, Batangas,
Philippines, Pacific Ocean.
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A White Grunt (Haemulon sciurus)
assumes the open mouth pose to
be cleaned by an intermediate
Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus.  
Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S.A.  
Atlantic Ocean.
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A male Yellowhead Jawfish
(Opistognathus aurifrons)
mouth brooding eggs.   
Boynton Beach, Florida,
U.S.A.  Atlantic Ocean.
Yellowface Pikeblenny
(Chaenopsis limbaughi) performs
a threat display towards a rival
male in 60 feet of water.  Boynton
Beach, Florida, U.S.A.  Atlantic
Ocean.
Hogfish (Lachnolaimus
maximus) being cleaned by
a pair of Neon Gobies
(Gobiosoma oceanops).  
Boynton Beach, Florida,
U.S.A.  Atlantic Ocean.
A White Grunt (Haemulon sciurus)
being cleaned by an intermediate
Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus).  
Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S.A.  
Atlantic Ocean.
A male Cardinalfish
(Apogon sp.) mouth
brooding eggs in its mouth.
 Lembeh Strait, North
Sulawesi, Indonesia.  
Pacific Ocean.
A male Belted Cardinalfish
(Apogon townsendi) mouth
brooding eggs.  Boynton Beach,
Florida, U.S.A.  Atlantic Ocean.
Two Spotted Goatfish
(Pseudupeneus maculatus) bat
their barbels at each other during
a fight.  Boynton Beach, Florida,
U.S.A.  Atlantic Ocean.
Brown Chromis (Chromis
multilineata) cleaned by Pederson
Cleaner Shrimp (Periclimenes
pedersoni).  Curacao, Netherlands
Antilles. Atlantic Ocean.
Male Coral Cardinalfish (Apogon
properupta) mouth brooding
eggs.  Anilao, Batangas,
Philippines, Pacific Ocean.
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White Grunt (Haemulon
plumierii) being cleaned by a
Pederson Cleaner Shrimp
(Periclimenes pedersoni).  
Boynton Beach, Palm Beach
County, Florida, U.S.A.  Atlantic
Ocean.
Yellowface Pikeblenny
(Chaenopsis limbaughi) comes
out of its hole in 60 feet of water.
 Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
 Atlantic Ocean.
A pair of juvenile Redband
Parrotfish (Sparisoma
aurofrenatum) lock jaws during a
territorial fight.  Curacao,
Netherlands Antilles.  Atlantic
Ocean.
Fingered Dragonet (Dactylopus
dactylopus) pair mating.  Anilao,
Batangas, Philippines.  Pacific
Ocean.
Mating Butter Hamlets
(Hypoplectrus unicolor).  Curacao,
Netherlands Antilles.  Atlantic
Ocean.
Yellowface Pikeblenny
(Chaenopsis limbaughi) comes
out of its hole in 60 feet of
water.  Grand Bahama Island,
Bahamas.  Atlantic Ocean.
White Grunt (Haemulon
plumierii) having its gills
cleaned by a Pederson Cleaner
Shrimp (Periclimenes
pedersoni).  Boynton Beach,
Florida, U.S.A.  Atlantic Ocean.
Unidentified mating dragonets
(Callionymidae sp.).  Tulamben,
Bali, Indonesia.  Pacific Ocean.
Lizardfish (Synodontidae sp.)  
swallowing an unidentified fish.
Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi,
Indonesia.  Pacific Ocean.
Yellowface Pikeblenny
(Chaenopsis limbaughi)
performing a threat
display towards a rival
male in 60 feet of water.  
Boynton Beach, Florida,
U.S.A. Atlantic Ocean.
Blacksaddle Snake
Eel (Ophichus
cephalozona)
surrounded by
Frostfin
Cardinalfish
(Apogon hoevenii).  
Lembeh Strait,
North Sulawesi,
Indonesia.  Pacific
Ocean.