The strait of Lembeh is littered with garbage, but not all discarded stuff is bad for the creatures living there. An old bottle can be the safest place for a blenny to live.

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Striped Poison-Fang Blenny Mimic

The term nudibranch is derived from the Greek words nudus and brankhia, meaning 'naked' and 'gill' respectively. The flower-like protrusions on the back are the exposed (naked) gills.

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Nudibranch

The goatfish (Mulloidichthys mimicus) is part of a weird relationship with the bluestripe snapper where it mimics its colors to look almost exactly the same. The reason for that is not entirely clear, but the goatfish is presumably a more preferred prey than the bluestrip snapper. So there may be some goatfish in the fish ball as well.