Pacific Crest Tail area, Riverside County, California
Pacific Crest Tail area, Riverside County, California
Male guarding its eggs. If you zoom in, you can see the eggs just below the fish's mouth and slightly to the right (roughly the 5 o'clock position). The other photo, taken by Adam Backlin, is of the same fish. We didn't notice the eggs until we were looking at the photos a day later.
It was under a Rock.