Cirrhilabrus temminckii Wrasse Consuming Sea Cucumber Spawn
Shown here ia a threadfin wrasse (Cirrhilabrus temminckii) consuming gametes of a male black sea cucumber (Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota). Other wrasses, as well as Chaetodon auripes and Pomacentrus nagasakiensis, took advantage of the echinoderm's broadcast spawning to dine on gametes as well. Photographed in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
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Bony Fish Wrasse Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Teleostei Eupercaria incertae sedis Labridae Cirrhilabrus temminckii Treadfin Wrasse Ito-hiki-bera Echinoderm Sea Cucumber Echinodermata Holothuroidea Holothuriida Holothuriidae Holothuria (Mertensiothuria) leucospilota Black Sea Cucumber Nise-kuro-namako Reproduction Broadcast Spawning Foraging Pacific Japan Kagoshima Prefecture
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