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... entering the mouth of a larger fish is not the safest of occupations , the cleaner wrasse has been known to vibrate its fins while cleaning between the teeth of The cleaner wrasse ( Labriodes dimidiatus ) has distinctive markings Coral ...
... entering the mouth of a larger fish is not the safest of occupations , the cleaner wrasse has been known to vibrate its fins while cleaning between the teeth of The cleaner wrasse ( Labriodes dimidiatus ) has distinctive markings Coral ...
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... cleaner wrasse , the false cleaner blenny ( Aspi- dontus taeniatus ) , takes advantage of the usually aggressive larger fish waiting to be cleaned . Under the guise of a cleaner wrasse , it approaches the waiting fish , bites at the ...
... cleaner wrasse , the false cleaner blenny ( Aspi- dontus taeniatus ) , takes advantage of the usually aggressive larger fish waiting to be cleaned . Under the guise of a cleaner wrasse , it approaches the waiting fish , bites at the ...
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... cleaner wrasse . See wrasse , cleaner . Cnidaria , 61 cnidaria . See anemones ; cnidarians ; corals ; jellyfish . cnidarians , 98 commensalism , 15 continental islands , 21 continental rise , 5 continental shelf , 5 , 22 , 41 , 54 ...
... cleaner wrasse . See wrasse , cleaner . Cnidaria , 61 cnidaria . See anemones ; cnidarians ; corals ; jellyfish . cnidarians , 98 commensalism , 15 continental islands , 21 continental rise , 5 continental shelf , 5 , 22 , 41 , 54 ...
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