Tony Wu / Smooth lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus) male watching over brood of eggs. Female dies after egg laying while male dies once the eggs have hatched. Hokkaido, Japan. May.
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Tony Wu / Smooth lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus) juvenile aged one year. Photographed on release into wild, raised at research facility. Hokkaido, Japan. May.
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Tony Wu / Smooth lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus) juvenile aged one year. Photographed on release into wild, raised at research facility. Hokkaido, Japan. May.
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Tony Wu / Smooth lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus) juvenile aged one year. Photographed on release into wild, raised at research facility. Hokkaido, Japan. May.
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Tony Wu / Smooth lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus) juvenile on marine algae. Hokkaido, Japan. May.
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Tony Wu / Smooth lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus) embryos inside eggs, eyes visible. Non-viable eggs without embryos presernt. Hokkaido, Japan. May.
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Tony Wu / Smooth lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus), juvenile resting on algae (Colpomenia sinuosa). Toyama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. March.
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Tony Wu / Smooth lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus), juvenile with mouth open sitting on algae. Toyama Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. March.
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Tony Wu / Juvenile Smooth lumpsucker (Aptocyclus ventricosus) momentarily meeting a shrimp on a blade of Eelgrass (Zostera marina), Hokkaido, Japan, Pacific Ocean.
