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"Many fish can alter their colouration, but the fangblenny is the first example of a vertebrate that can change their colour at will to mimic a variety of different species.
UQ News Online 2009
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"The fangblenny mimics juvenile cleaner fish, but instead of removing ectoparasites from reef fish, they attack passing reef fish to nip at scales and fins," Dr Cheney said.
UQ News Online 2009
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"The process of colour change has not been investigated in detail for the fangblenny," she said.
UQ News Online 2009
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"Shoaling fish will often chase the fangblenny if it starts to nip at members in the shoal, which occasionally happens."
UQ News Online 2009
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"The fish that are being mimicked do not seem to react to the presence of fangblenny," Dr Cheney said.
UQ News Online 2009
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Page 3: The first fish able to change its colour to mimic a variety of other fish, the fangblenny, has been uncovered in Australian waters.
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, said the blue-striped fangblenny used a number of different disguises to pass undetected on coral reefs.
UQ News Online 2009
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