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In Photos: Bizarre-Looking Reef Fish, Green humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) [LiveScience 2012-06-11] latin dict size=1   common dict size=582
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Subject In Photos: Bizarre-Looking Reef Fish, Green humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) [LiveScience 2012-06-11]
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In Photos: Bizarre-Looking Reef Fish, Green humphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) [LiveScience 2012-06-11]

Sexual Selection
Credit: PLoS ONE http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0038120

Here, a closer look at the male parrotfish's ossified bump atop its head. The researchers suspect sexual selection played a role in the development of the bump and the head-butting behavior it allows.

Source: LiveScience - http://www.livescience.com

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