False Cleanerfish
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Scientific name | Aspidontus taeniatus |
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Phylum | Chordata |
Higher classification | Aspidontus |
Order | Blennies |
Rank | Species |
Family | Blenniidae |
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ID | 2133040 |
About False Cleanerfish
The false cleanerfish is a species of combtooth blenny, a mimic that copies both the dance and appearance of Labroides dimidiatus, a similarly colored species of cleaner wrasse. It likely mimics that species to avoid predation, as well to occasionally bite the fins of its victims rather than consume parasites.