Tag: Eggs

Super-macro of anemonefish eggs about to hatch. The eyes of the embryos are clearly visible inside the transparent egg casings.
Super-macro of a fish egg mass with ruby-red eggs at an early stage of development.
Frontal portrait of a cardinalfish (Apogon) mouthbrooding its eggs. The clutch is clearly visible between the pointed teeth. The yellow-brown stripes and large eyes are impressive.
Portrait of a cardinalfish (Apogon) mouthbrooding its eggs. The clutch is clearly visible between the teeth in the open mouth. The iridescent head colours glow in the camera flash.
An extreme macro shot shows the delicate, transparent eggs of an anemonefish clutch. The eggs are approximately the size of a grain of rice.
A vivid orange nudibranch with characteristic bluish-white cerata (dorsal appendages) crawls over a pale coral and deposits its egg mass on the coral. The elegant nudibranch displays its typical finger-like projections that serve both for respiration and digestion.
Cuttlefish eggs on the mast of the Karwella wreck on Gozo. Cuttlefish deposit their eggs in elongated capsules, which they attach to reef structures or wrecks to ensure a good supply of oxygen-rich water from the current.