A female ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita. This sequential hermaphrodite fish starts life as a black male juvenile, then changes to a blue male and e

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A female ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita. This sequential hermaphrodite fish starts life as a black male juvenile, then changes to a blue male and eventually ends up as a yellow female able to lay eggs. Photographed at Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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Photo credit: © SCUBAZOO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: bizarre, burrow, eel, female, gape, head, hermaphrodite, indonesia, lembeh, moray, mouth, muraenidae, nostril, quaesita, rare, rhinomuraena, ribbon, strait, sulawesi, underwater, yellow