Blenniella chrysospilos Spawning | Red-spotted Blenny

This is a pair of red-spotted blennies (Blenniella chrysospilos) engaged in spawning. The white individual in the foreground is female. She has deposited eggs in the male's burrow. The male in the background was waiting in a nearby burrow and is now rushing back to fertilize the eggs. His dark color is indicative of courtship, which is no longer necessary once spawning commences. But there was another female nearby that he was trying to attract, even as he was spawning with this female.

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This is a pair of red-spotted blennies (Blenniella chrysospilos) engaged in spawning. The white individual in the foreground is female. She has deposited eggs in the male's burrow. The male in the background was waiting in a nearby burrow and is now rushing back to fertilize the eggs. His dark color is indicative of courtship, which is no longer necessary once spawning commences. But there was another female nearby that he was trying to attract, even as he was spawning with this female.