cuckoo wrasse Labrus mixtus male 051096 21-155 smg
cuckoo wrasse Labrus mixtus female 25-14 smg
Ovatella myosotis BG 180407 28-899 smg
This ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta, was in a shallow tide pool south of the Lihou Island causeway off Guernsey's west coast. The parasitic crustacean Anilocra frontalis is attached to the skin of the fish above the left eye.  The larger female parasite with its brood of eggs is above the smaller more slender male.
Photographed on 7 April 2004
File No. 31-727
©RLLord
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ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta 2 Anilocra frontalis Lihou 070404 29-727 smg
cuckoo wrasse Labrus mixtus male 051096 21-155 smg
cuckoo wrasse Labrus mixtus male 051096 21-155 smg
cuckoo wrasse Labrus mixtus male 051096 21-155 smg
See photo in original gallery.