Cardinalfish and parasite. Cardinalfish (family Apogonidae) with a parasitic isopod crustacean on its head. Parasitic isopods feed on the tissues of t

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Cardinalfish and parasite. Cardinalfish (family Apogonidae) with a parasitic isopod crustacean on its head. Parasitic isopods feed on the tissues of their host. Photographed off Misool, West papua, Indonesia.

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Photo credit: © MATTHEW OLDFIELD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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