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Eastern cleaner clingfish - Cochleoceps orientalis
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John Turnbull
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This tiny fish (10 mm long) is named after it's habit of clinging to the side of larger fish, feeding on parasites. This little guy fell off a red morwong as I swam by - could hardly see him!