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After being in open water, the fish does not necessarily return to the original host, and shows no preference as to which species of sea cucumber it uses as a host. Before entering, it patrols several times along the outside surface of the sea cucumber, "sniffing" at it. It then pecks or taps with
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The silver pearlfish is native to the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Its range extends from the Red Sea and the East
African coast to the Society Islands, Taiwan, and northern and eastern Australia, probably southwards as far as Tasmania. It occurs to depths of 30 m (98 ft).
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