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Pederson Cleaner Shrimp

Aspect:	First to catch the eye are the bright blue legs of the animal and its long white antennae. The body is more difficult to apprehend for the simple reason that it is virtually transparent. The body often looks "bloated" and fuzzy, because it is covered in eggs. The eyes are set quite apart from each side of the head, at the end of white stalks.
Population:	Abundant.
Notable feature:	Owes its name to the fact that when not idling close to a Corkscrew Anemone (see Environment) it keeps itself busy cleaning the teeth of fishes like the Sand Diver Lizardfish (q.v.).
Environment:	So tightly associated with Crokscrew Anemone (q.v) that the surest way of finding a specimen (or several) is to spot such an anemone and tke a close look.
Behaviour:	Unafraid to the extent that if a hand is slowly aproached, it will comme and clean one's nails.

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