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Found near reefs, and in caves and crevices along drop-offs (Ref. 8631). Nocturnal, hides under ledges and in holes by day (Ref. 9710). It's false eye which is actually the dorsal fin ocellus confuses predators because it poses an inverted image of a fish. When alarmed, it will poke it's head into a hole and expose it's tail end which mimics the head of the moray eel (Ref. 9710). Has been reared in captivity (Ref. 35426).
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Rainfordia opercularis McCulloch, 1923
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Squalus japonicus Ishikawa, 1908
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