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Yellowhead jawfish with eggs

Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes, Fishes, Jawfishes: Opistognathidae, Marine Life, copyrighted, eggs, horizontal, landscape, macro, marine, ocean, underwater, underwater photo, yellowhead jawfish: Opistognathus aurifrons

The male yellowhead jawfish cares for the eggs in its mouth. The clutch of eggs is aerated and protected inside its mouth until the juvenile yellowhead jawfish hatch in approximately five to seven days.