Tony Wu / Developing eggs of Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Pacific Ocean.
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Nature Production / Fat Greenling {Hexagrammos otakii} male, Miyagi, Japan, November
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Tony Wu / Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) male in the background. The purple eggs in the middle, however, belong to an all-female hybrid species (Hexagrammos octogrammus x H. otakii) that produces all-female...
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Tony Wu / Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) male, watching over developing eggs. Hokkaido, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) male, watching over several clutches of developing eggs. Hokkaido, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) opening his mouth. This male has been guarding clutches of eggs, the purple mass near his pectoral fin. Hokkaido, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) opening his mouth. This male has been guarding clutches of eggs. Hokkaido, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) male tending to eggs, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) eggs nearing maturity, with eyes and vascular structure visible. Hokkaido, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Fat greenlings (Hexagrammos otakii) This is a close-up view, photographed at 4x life-size, of newly spawned eggs. Hokkaido, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Close-up view of 3mm eggs of a hemiclonal hybrid sub-species. The female that spawned the eggs passed on her (Hexagrammos octogrammus) DNA while making use of a (Hexagrammos otakii) male to produce vi...
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Tony Wu / A mature male Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) or Ainame fish tending to eggs in his territory, Hokkaido, Japan. October.
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Tony Wu / A mature male Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) or Ainame fish tending to eggs in his territory, Hokkaido, Japan. October.
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Tony Wu / A mature male Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) or Ainame fish tending to eggs in his territory, Hokkaido, Japan. October.
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Tony Wu / A mature male Fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) or Ainame fish tending to eggs in his territory, Hokkaido, Japan. October.
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Tony Wu / Newly-spawned eggs of Fat greenling / Ainame (Hexagrammos otakii) fish, Hokkaido, Japan. Each egg measures around 3mm. Photographed at a magnification of 4x life-size.
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Tony Wu / Newly-spawned eggs of Fat greenling / Ainame (Hexagrammos otakii) fish, Hokkaido, Japan. Each egg measures around 3mm. Photographed at a magnification of 4x life-size. The juvenile fish are developed...
