Eastern cleaner-clingfish (Cochleoceps orientalis), usually found on kelp leaves (Ecklonia radiata), on which they deposit their eggs, that are guarde

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Eastern cleaner-clingfish (Cochleoceps orientalis), usually found on kelp leaves (Ecklonia radiata), on which they deposit their eggs, that are guarded by the males. Fishes most often observed being cleaned include boxfishes, porcupinefishes and morwongs. Sydney Habrour, New South Wales, Australia

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