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Inhabits reef flats and lagoon reefs. Frequently occurs in colonies associated with live or dead branching staghorn coral (Acropora). Feeds on algae, gastropods, sponges, and copepods. Territorial, maintains and 'weeds' filamentous algae patches growing on dead coral (Ref. 9710). They attack human intruders without hesitation, sometimes taking painful nips. Particularly aggressive during reproductive periods. The species emit clicking noises during aggressive encounters.
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Plectorhinchus lessonii (Cuvier, 1830)
Lesson's thicklip |
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Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Chestnut eyelash-blenny |
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Macruronus magellanicus Lönnberg, 1907
Patagonian grenadier |
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Pristipomoides auricilla (Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927)
Goldflag jobfish |
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Labropsis alleni Randall, 1981
Allen's tubelip |