Contact: Trond Amundsen
trond.amundsen@bio.ntnu.no
47-918-97293
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Caption: This is a female two-spotted goby displaying its colorful, egg-filled belly, as is regularly done during female courtship. By the end of the breeding season, most courtship takes the form of females courting males. This female also carries an ectoparasite copepod on its dorsal fin.
Credit: Trond Amundsen, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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