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'Tube worm blenny' On Black (Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos)
A very colorful and quite active little species. up to 12cm,but this one maybe just 5cm.
If distubed will rapidly retreat tail first inside the tubeworm shell it uses as a shelter. The species is an 'aggressive mimic' of the Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus; it dances like the cleaner fish to attract a client, but then bites flesh from the duped client fish instead of cleaning it.
Tube worm blenny
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Jenny (JennyHuang) from Taipei
Tube worm blenny
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