Regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus), Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
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male Lamarck's angel fish Genicanthus lamarcki, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
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cleaner wrasse service a puffer, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
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SYMBIOSIS: cleaner shrimp on moray eel, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
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MIMICRY: eyespots on twin Spot or signal goby Signigobius biocellatus serve to confuse predators, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
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BEHAVIOR: male jawfish flares jaws to entice a female to enter his burrow for mating, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
RAJ0032
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yellow ribbon sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia), Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
RAJ0033
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BEHAVIOR: a cuttlefish mimics a crinoid for camouflage, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
RAJ0034
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BEHAVIOR: a nudibranch eats a tunicate, stores poisonous compounds from the ascidian in its body to deter predators, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
RAJ0035
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blue spotted octopus; deadly venom can paralyze human’s respiratory system in eight minutes; pulses blue rings when angry, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
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cleaning shrimp Periclimenes sp; gain protection and food among stinging tentacles of coral, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia