Sabre-toothed blenny
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| Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 |
The sabre-toothed blenny, Aspidontus taeniatus, is a species of blenny that mimics the "dance" of Labroides dimidiatus; a similarly colored species of cleaner wrasse. It tricks fish into offering their underparts to be cleaned. Instead of eating parasites from the scales of the fish, the sabre-toothed blenny bites the victim and rushes away. Fish that have already been bitten might attack other blenny trying to bite them.
It is indigenous to coral reef habitats in the Indo-Pacific.
[edit] References
- Aspidontus taeniatus (TSN 171298). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 24 January 2006.
- "Aspidontus taeniatus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
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