California Sheephead Eats Sea Urchin

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Uploaded by on Dec 9, 2011

A California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) uses his powerful jaws and dog like teeth to open a spiny Red Sea Urchin, tolerantly allowing a harem of female sheephead and other reef fish species to scavenge, but displays aggressive defense tactics to retain his catch from competitor males.

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