Two-Spotted Goby Female (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Two-Spotted Goby Female

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.

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Trond Amundsen, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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