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Mating Time .... by Marco Gargiulo
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posted: Friday, June 22, 2012
category: Macro - not swimming
location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
message this message is importantTell us more about the animals.
Suzan

Very curious couple!
 		Niteflightphoto
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message Susan, these mediterranean blenny are called Peperoncino giallo. The yellow one is the male, the brown-red fish in the photo is a female.
I noted the two fishes "dancing" on a rock, the male moves around the wife that have a visible genital papilla ready to release the eggs. There are some other shots only of the female.
I shot this image with my Nikon D7000 and micro nikkor 105 mm. This is not the best lens for this situation, better a 60 micro or the new one micro nikkor dx40 mm.
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message Well thank you, I love behavior stories and to learn about something new!
Thank you.
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