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National Geographic : 2002 Feb
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NOOKED AND CRANNIED Like tiny finger puppets, blennies keep heads up and tails tucked into crevices or sponges. The secretary blenny (above) stays halfout of danger until ready to rush at prey, while the arrow blenny (left) is often away from its shelter stalk ing fish and shrimps.A bandtooth conger's big eyes (below) greeted Doubilet as he peered into a sandy hole that was perfectly round-an uncommon sight in nature. "These eels are master excavators," he says. Aptly named, a male yel lowheadjawfish (right) uses his mouth to engineerhis bur row-a walled undergroundchamber-and to protect his young. The jawful of caviar is notfood but progeny, which he churns in his mouth to aid development. ACANTHEMBLEMARIAMARIA(SECRETARYBLENNY);LUCAYABLENNIUSZINGARO (ARROWBLENNY); ARIOSOMA BALEARICUM(CONGER);OPISTOGNATHUSAURIFRONS(JAWFISH)
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