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from eating it. They tend to swim high above the substrate picking prey from the seabed with their excellent eyesight. The adults mate in monogamous pairs. This is a wary species which swims away from threats instead of diving into its burrow. This species lives in and around a burrow it constructs
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is found at depths of 4 to 65 m (13 to 213 ft) on the outer slopes of reefs. It has also been found in brackish water in the Goldie River of Papua New Guinea. They live as solitary fish or in pairs. They are not known to clean other fish, but may mimic the wrasse to deter
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in adults and from the snout in juveniles. The adults have fine lattice patterning on their upper back with a white area on the middle of the rear margin of the caudal fin. There is a pale line along upper margin of the greyish
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The blue blanquillo has an Indo-Pacific distribution. It is found in the Red Sea and along the eastern coast of Africa, across the Indian Ocean and into the
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The blue blanquillo is taken by spearfishing, hook-and-line, and traps. It is found in markets throughout its range, albeit infrequently, and may be marketed fresh or preserved by
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202:Taenianotus latovittatus
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