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has a deep body and head which is highly laterally compressed with a straight forehead and a rather short snout and a protrusible upper jaw. It has an angular preoperculum which has serrations on its edge and a number of small forward pointing spines on its lower margin close to the angle. The
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does not and their juveniles do not resemble each other either. There is a relationship between the two however, as individuals which follow feeding pairs of the butterflyfish have a higher success rate in capturing prey than
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