Radulinopsis taranetzi Sculpin Pregnant Female

This is a female Radulinopsis taranetzi sculpin carrying a bellyful of fertilized eggs. She is in the process of choosing a place to deposit the eggs, which she will then cover with sand and rubble. Females of this species use their wide mouths to suck water over the eggs in order to aerate them and care for the eggs until they mature and hatch.

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This is a female Radulinopsis taranetzi sculpin carrying a bellyful of fertilized eggs. She is in the process of choosing a place to deposit the eggs, which she will then cover with sand and rubble. Females of this species use their wide mouths to suck water over the eggs in order to aerate them and care for the eggs until they mature and hatch.