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Kotomora

ニセクロスジギンポ

Meanings

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noun

sabre-toothed blenny; false cleanerfish

usually written using kana alone

A species of combtooth blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus) that mimics the bluestreak cleaner wrasse to approach and bite other fish. The name literally means 'false black-stripe silver treasure'.