March 11, 2014
Aquarists for exhibits in the Northern Pacific gallery report that many babies have been born recently, and these juveniles are now on display.
Young tubesnout fish can be found inside the Bays and Sounds
March 11, 2014
Aquarists for exhibits in the Northern Pacific gallery report that many babies have been born recently, and these juveniles are now on display.
Young tubesnout fish can be found inside the Bays and Sounds exhibit across from the Sea Otter Habitat. These fish are only an inch or two long, with thin bodies ending in the tube-shaped snout that gives them their name. The tubesnouts are able to breed after about one year, which means last year’s baby tubesnouts are now producing their own babies. Next to the pier pilings in the exhibit, male tubesnouts show off their white breeding “masks” and build wispy white nests in the kelp. After building