Pearly Jawfish

Another mouth-brooder is the jawfish family.  Jenny and Jazz are my first pair of pearly jawfish.  They are now spawning regularly, but Jazz still hasn't held to term.  Jenny gets so fat I know when they are about to spawn, but I couldn't get the camera fast enough.  Here she is post spawn and skinny.

and here's the daddy juggling the eggs.
These fish make a den in the sand and close it up every night.  I set up this "refugium" so that we can see into the den.