Bodion (Symphodus roissali) construyendo su nido, Parque natural de la Arrábida, Portugal, 2020-07-23, DD 13
2020-07-23
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Male 12 cm (4.7 in)-long five-spotted wrasse (Symphodus roissali) finalizing his nest during breeding season (typically from April to July), which will be offered to females so that they can spawn in there, Arrábida Natural Park, Portugal. This species of wrasse are native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Morocco and through the coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. It inhabits rocky areas usually within beds of at depths from up to 1 to 30 m (3.3 to 98.4 ft). It can reach 17 cm (6.7 in) in standard length, though usually not more than 12 cm (4.7 in) and feeds on molluscs, bivalves, gastropods, shrimps, sea-urchins and hydroids. If the male finds a female spawing in the nest he will then keep watch until the eclosion.
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