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Title: Crocodilefish Eye. Red Sea
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Detail of the retractable eye-lashes of a crocodilefish (Cymbacephalus beauforti). The crocodilefish is an ambush predator and this adaption helps it disguise itself while it lies in wait on the sea floor. Gubal Island, Egypt, Red Sea.
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- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- coral reef
- crocodile fish: crocodilefish: crocodile flathead: Cymbacephalus
- Egypt
- Fishes
- Flatheads: Platycephalidae
- macro
- Marine Life
- Red Sea
- Sinai
- sub-tropical
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