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The World Below (Maldives)

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The World Below (Maldives)
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(Hymenocera elegans or picta) is a species of saltwater shrimp found at coral reefs in the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans. They reach about 5 cm in length, live in pairs and feed exclusively on starfish.

Frogfishes of the family Antennariidae They share with other familes of the teleost order Lophiiformes a peculiar and unique mode of feeding that is characterized most strikingly by the structure of the first dorsal spine, which is placed out on the tip of the snout and modified to serve as a luring apparatus. Frogfishes spend the greater part of their lives squatting on the bottom in shallow to moderately deep water, or as in the case of the single genus Histrio, clinging to floating sargassum. Despite their rather sedentary nature, all are voracious carnivores that wait patiently for smaller fishes or crustaceans to pass by, while they wriggle their bait to entice prey close to their cavernous mouths.

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