Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Variegated Jawfish (Opistognathus solorensis) male brooding eggs in mouth, Anilao, Philippines
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Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Variegated Jawfish (Opistognathus solorensis) male brooding eggs in mouth, Anilao, Philippines
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Fred Bavendam / Spotfin Jawfish (Opistognathus sp) male protectively incubating a clutch of eggs in his mouth, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Gary Bell/ Oceanwide / Variegated Jawfish (Opistognathus solorensis) male brooding eggs in mouth, Anilao, Philippines
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Claudio Contreras / Finespotted Jawfish (Opistognathus punctatus), Bahia Magdalena, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, June
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Tony Wu / Jawfish (Opistognathus sp) looking around after spitting out sand and rubble to maintain burrow. Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Tony Wu / Jawfish (Opistognathus sp.) spitting out sand and stones to maintain its burrow. Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Tony Wu / Jawfish (Opistognathus sp.) spitting out sand and stones to maintain its burrow. Lembeh Strait, Celebes Sea, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Alex Mustard / Yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) male churning / aerating eggs by spitting them out of his mouth. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
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Alex Mustard / Variable jawfish (Opistognathus variabilis) emerging from its hole in the sea bed, close to a coral reef. Ambon Bay, Ambon, Maluku Archipelago, Indonesia. Banda Sea, tropical west Pacific Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) male aerating his eggs by spitting them out of his mouth, a behaviour known as churning. These are new eggs and have not yet developed eyes. East End, Gran...
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Alex Mustard / Yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) spitting out sand as it digs its burrow. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.