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Hypoptychus dybowskii Eggs | Korean Sandlance

Shown here are freshly spawned Korean sandlace (Hypoptychus dybowskii) eggs attached to sargassum (Sargassum horneri (Turner) C.Agardh). Each egg is a few millimeters in size. Korean sandlances grow up to 10cm in length. They produce a sticky secretion in their kidneys that they use to adhere eggs to sargassum.

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Shown here are freshly spawned Korean sandlace (Hypoptychus dybowskii) eggs attached to sargassum (Sargassum horneri (Turner) C.Agardh). Each egg is a few millimeters in size. Korean sandlances grow up to 10cm in length. They produce a sticky secretion in their kidneys that they use to adhere eggs to sargassum.