Sabre-toothed blenny
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The sabre-toothed blenny, Aspidontus taeniatus, is a species of blenny that imitates the "dance" of 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.
It is indigenous to coral reef habitats in the Indian Ocean.
References
- [Aspidontus taeniatus (TSN 171298)]. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 24 January 2006.
- "[Aspidontus taeniatus]." FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
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