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Cockatoo Wasfish

Ablabys taenianotus

Description:

An amazing fish that looks like the cockatoo when its dorsal fin is spread as the picture shows. Unlike the cockatoo however, this fish has venomous "thorns" along its crest. It moves along the bottom with its fins and similar to the leaf-fish it sways back and forth as it moves along the bottom.

Habitat:

Coral Reef. Spotted at Bethlehem

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andreweleighton
Spotted by
andreweleighton

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Jun 19, 2015
Submitted on Jul 1, 2015

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