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Juvenile Rigid Shrimpfish - Centriscus scutatus

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Photographer: Paul Osmond (see this users gallery) A group of very small juvenile Rigid Shrimpfish (Centriscus scutatus) using a sea urchin as protective cover. These fish utilize this protection, plus their leaf ike camouflage to grow to a size when they can join the adult shrimpfish schools which swim in vertical groups above the ocean floor. Image taken on house reef off the Exotic Beach Resort on the island of Malapascua in The Philippines
· Date: Sat January 8, 2005 · Reference ID: /222004_1205_152152AA_1 · Views: 1070 ·
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Keywords: shrimp fish centtiscidae school unusual southeast se asia pacific tropical juvenile small cover camouflage protection leaf like
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