Grunion Animal Pictures
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Grunion coming ashore to spawn along the San Diego coast.
Grunion coming ashore to spawn along the San Diego coast.
California Grunion - Southern California Beach - Ventura County, CA
Grunion is known for its unusual mating ritual. At very high tides, the females come up onto sandy beaches where they dig their tails into the sand to lay their eggs.
Mating Grunions on the beach. Unlike other fish, grunion comes completely out of the water to lay their eggs in the sand.
