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P5201485 - Male cabezon guarding eggs! He's about 1 m long! These fish usually bolt at the first sign of a diver - except when guarding eggs. So VERY fortunate to have had this photographic opportunity. The egg mass in this image is purple and near the cabezon's chin. There is a second silver-coloured mass further out of view that is presumably from a second female. I was so lucky here as apparently, when egg-guarding, the males can be quite aggressive. This individual tolerated my presence while in this very alert position - dorsal fin and cirri erect.
P5191416 - Seven red-gilled nudibranchs (Flabellina verrucosa) each at about 3 cm, grazing on the bushy pink-mouth hydroids (a colony of stinging-celled animals). If you look really carefully, you'll also see a red-gilled nudibranch egg mass.
P5191442 - Female scalyhead sculpin - appears very ready to release eggs!
P5201612 - Blue topsnail on top of a striped sunstar that I believe was soon to spawn.
P5191416 - Seven red-gilled nudibranchs (Flabellina verrucosa) each at about 3 cm, grazing on the bushy pink-mouth hydroids (a colony of stinging-celled animals). If you look really carefully, you'll also see a red-gilled nudibranch egg mass.
P5191416 - Seven red-gilled nudibranchs (Flabellina verrucosa) each at about 3 cm, grazing on the bushy pink-mouth hydroids (a colony of stinging-celled animals). If you look really carefully, you'll also see a red-gilled nudibranch egg mass.
P5191416 - Seven red-gilled nudibranchs (Flabellina verrucosa) each at about 3 cm, grazing on the bushy pink-mouth hydroids (a colony of stinging-celled animals). If you look really carefully, you'll also see a red-gilled nudibranch egg mass.
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