Blenniella chrysospilos Spawning | Red-spotted Blenny

Pictured here is a pair of red-spotted blennies (Blenniella chrysospilos). The dark male was actually fertilizing eggs in the burrow beneath him. There was already a female in the burrow. While that female was depositing eggs, the male maintained this dark courtship coloration and displayed for the female seen here. The male was successful in getting the attention of this female, as evidenced by her visit to his burrow, but he was unable to accommodate her at the time documented here. It is possible that this female returned later, once the other female had finished depositing eggs.

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Pictured here is a pair of red-spotted blennies (Blenniella chrysospilos). The dark male was actually fertilizing eggs in the burrow beneath him. There was already a female in the burrow. While that female was depositing eggs, the male maintained this dark courtship coloration and displayed for the female seen here. The male was successful in getting the attention of this female, as evidenced by her visit to his burrow, but he was unable to accommodate her at the time documented here. It is possible that this female returned later, once the other female had finished depositing eggs.