Mating Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia

Mating Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia

Mating Mandarinfish, Synchiropus splendidus, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia

Fish Eggs on Rock, Caribbean Sea, Dominica

A pair of cuttlefish mating over a coral reef, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

Leaping pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) gathering to spawn at Lake Eva on Chichagof Island, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600

Adult pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA

Mexican Horn Shark (Heterodontus mexicanus) egg case held up to the light (detail) in the northern Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Adult pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult male pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA

Adult male and female pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - nicknamed the "Humpbacked salmon") spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult male pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - nicknamed the "Humpbacked salmon") struggling to swim upstream to spawn in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) pair spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA

Adult pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA

Adult male pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA

Adult pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult male and female pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - nicknamed the "Humpbacked salmon") spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA

Adult male pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA

Adult male pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - nicknamed the "Humpbacked salmon") spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult male and female pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha - nicknamed the "Humpbacked salmon") spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) spawning in a stream in southeast Alaska, USA.

A couple of butterfly blenny (Blennius ocellaris) peeps out from inside a fan mussel (Pinna nobilis), that they chose as the nest for hatching their eggs.

Broadclub Cuttlefish Depositing Eggs

Fish eggs

Ozeaneum, german sea museum about sealife, exposition with life size whales, exhibition hall Riesen der Meere, Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Ozeaneum, german sea museum about sealife, exposition with life size whales, exhibition hall Riesen der Meere, Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Ozeaneum, german sea museum about sealife, exposition with life size whales, exhibition hall Riesen der Meere, Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Ozeaneum, german sea museum about sealife, exposition with life size whales, exhibition hall Riesen der Meere, Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Clutches, spawn, fish spawn, eggs, fish eggs, Red Sea clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus), red Red Sea, Aqaba, Kingdom of Jordan

Male Bluegill Triggerfish (Xanthichthys auromarginatus) with an erect spinous dorsal fin photographed under water off Maui, Hawaii, USA. He was circling above his prepared spawning area suggesting that this is a courtship display; Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Diver viewing a female Broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) pushing an egg into the finger coral where it will hatch in four to six weeks, Philippines

A close look at the eggs of a common anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) that is most often found associated with the anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Philippines.

This female Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) has a bite mark near her pectoral fin. This is likely a wound from a mating attempt, Yap, Micronesia

Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus), Yap, Micronesia

A close look at the eggs of a common anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) that is most often found associated with the anemone, Heteractis magnifica, Philippines.

This male Ring-tailed Cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus aureus) is protecting and incubating it's eggs by carrying them in his mouth, Philippines

Mating Mandarinfish, Syhchiropus splendidus, Micronesia, Palau

Mating Mandarinfish, Syhchiropus splendidus, Micronesia, Palau

Shoal of Rudderfish laying Eggs in Open Water, Kyphosus cinerascens, German Channel, Micronesia, Palau

Arctic Tern holding fish near fireweed, Hudson Bay Canada