Blenniella chrysospilos Guarding Eggs | Red-spotted Blenny

This is a male red-spotted blenny (Blenniella chrysospilos) watching over a clutch of eggs that are nearly ready to hatch. During spawning, males of this species select and prepare burrows like this, often abandoned homes of Dendropoma maximum snails. When a male is able to attract a female, she deposit eggs while the male remains nearby in another burrow. He visits periodically to fertilize deposited eggs. The pair repeats this process until the female is done and departs.

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This is a male red-spotted blenny (Blenniella chrysospilos) watching over a clutch of eggs that are nearly ready to hatch. During spawning, males of this species select and prepare burrows like this, often abandoned homes of Dendropoma maximum snails. When a male is able to attract a female, she deposit eggs while the male remains nearby in another burrow. He visits periodically to fertilize deposited eggs. The pair repeats this process until the female is done and departs.