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Houndfish Eggs | Tylosurus crocodilus

Pictured here are freshly spawned eggs of hound needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus), draped across the top of Pavona decussata leaf coral. Exposed as they are, the eggs were prone to predation. They disappeared wtihin a few days, likely consumed by other reef residents. Photographed in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Pictured here are freshly spawned eggs of hound needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus), draped across the top of Pavona decussata leaf coral. Exposed as they are, the eggs were prone to predation. They disappeared wtihin a few days, likely consumed by other reef residents. Photographed in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.