Last week we found a small male black hairy Frogfish … and when coming back again this week, he already found a new “Hairy Girlfriend”. On this fantastic dive, we not only saw these two lovers, but also two more Hairy Frogfish on the same site. Let’s hope they make lot’s of small Hairy Frogfish Babies 😉
Nudibranchs are renowned for their stunning and diverse colourations, which make them some of the most visually captivating creatures in the ocean. Many Nudibranchs possess exquisite camouflage that allows them to mimic the colours and Read more…
Nudibranchs possess a unique feeding adaptation known as the radula, a specialised organ found within their mouths. The radula is a ribbon-like structure lined with rows of tiny, backward-curving teeth made of chitin, a hard Read more…
Mimicry in different marine life is intriguing to observe….even more so when there is a not only an attempt at mimicking colouration, but with the movement as well. This is a juvenile Whiteblotched Sole, a Read more…
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Bob Bruner · February 11, 2012 at 10:12 pm
Some say you can only detect the sex of frogfish is by dissecting the gonads — What is the basis for your sex determination?
nadlembehresort · February 11, 2012 at 10:41 pm
HI Bob,
the basis of the sex termination is in this case the size. You can actually see that if you scroll down the page of the link you posted. there you can see courting striated frogfish and the mal is the smaller one.
Bob Bruner · February 11, 2012 at 10:21 pm
http://www.frogfish.ch/frogfish-reproduction.html
The link is the source of sex ID by gonad disection.
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