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Female Dark Sleeper (Odontobutis obscura) with Eggs | Japan

This is a female dark sleeper (Odontobutis obscura), a species of freshwater sleeper perch, protecting her brood of eggs. Here she is flipped upside-down above her eggs. The developing embryos are close to hatching, as the eyes are clearly visible. This fish’s den was located in a tiny crevice in a small ditch by the side of a road.

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This is a female dark sleeper (Odontobutis obscura), a species of freshwater sleeper perch, protecting her brood of eggs. Here she is flipped upside-down above her eggs. The developing embryos are close to hatching, as the eyes are clearly visible. This fish’s den was located in a tiny crevice in a small ditch by the side of a road.