Marty’s photo of the day #5198: The fish in the foreground is a bird wrasse (terminal phase), and the fish in the background is a manybar goatfish. Interesting fact: all bird wrasses start out as female (initial phase). When the dominant male in a harem dies or leaves, the largest, most dominant female undergoes the terminal phase transformation. Over a few weeks, her internal anatomy changes to produce sperm, and her exterior shifts to the intense greenish-blue coloration seen in my photograph.

So there you have it: transgender fish! For those who believe in the biblical god, they are exactly as he made them. Take that, Republican bigots!

(Photographed in the Raja Ampat of Indonesian New Guinea.)