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Title: Soldierfish With Isopod, Cayman Islands
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A portrait of a blackbar soldierfish (Myripristis jacobus) infected with cymothoid isopod parasites. The large parasite between the eyes is a female, the smaller individuals are males. Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
- blackbar soldierfish: Myripristis jacobus
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- British West Indies
- Caribbean Sea
- Cayman Islands
- coral reef
- cymothoid isopod
- Fishes
- Grand Cayman
- Holocentridae
- Marine Life
- tropical
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