
The false cleanerfish, Aspidontus taeniatus, is a species of combtooth blenny, a Batesian mimic that copies both the dance and appearance of ''Labroides dimidiatus'', a similarly colored species of cleaner wrasse. Likely mimicking the bluestreak cleaner wrasse to avoid predation, as well to occasionally bite the fins of its victims rather than consume parasites.
Similar species: Blennies
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Uploaded Mar 21, 2020. Captured Oct 11, 2012 04:06 in Cabilao Island Rd, Loon, Bohol, Philippines.
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