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Clown Triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum) - Milne Bay, PNG

A clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum) tends to her egg mass. Triggerfish usually deposit thousands of eggs and carefully tend to them until hatching. Blowing fresh sea water onto the eggs helps to maintain the eggs by removing unwanted material that may settle around the egg cases

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A clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum) tends to her egg mass. Triggerfish usually deposit thousands of eggs and carefully tend to them until hatching. Blowing fresh sea water onto the eggs helps to maintain the eggs by removing unwanted material that may settle around the egg cases