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Cichlid Defense Video Have you ever heard of a fish fighting a turtle? Watch these cichlid (SICK-lid) parents keep a hungry terrapin away from their eggs!Welcome to the National Geographic video player.Video Sections

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- Beauty Queen - The queen angelfish wears a spot on her forehead that looks like a crown. Meet Her Highness in this underwater video.
- Cichlid Defense - Have you ever heard of a fish fighting a turtle? Watch these cichlid (SICK-lid) parents keep a hungry terrapin away from their eggs!
- Clown Anemonefish and Sea Anemones - Clown anemonefish live among sea anemones and use the anemones' stinging tentacles as protection.
- Fish Symbiosis - Watch how tiger groupers and cleaner gobies work together.
- Fishy Disguises - You wouldn't want to play hide and seek with these guys! See four fish that can really blend in with their surroundings.
- Giant River Stingrays Found - July 22, 2008—After an exhaustive search, an explorer finds one of the elusive rays—perhaps the largest freshwater fish—near Bangkok. And then it gives birth.
- High and Dry - The mudskipper is the only fish to spend most of its time on land instead of in the water! Watch this video to catch a glimpse of these amazing creatures.
- Molas - These are the largest of the bony fish and are a favorite snack of sea lions.
- Pygmy Seahorses - Take a peek at tiny pygmy seahorses, which only live on gorgonian coral.
- River Catfish - Zeb Hogan, an aquatic ecologist, identifies, tracks, and tries to protect the largest freshwater fish in the world. This river catfish is one of the fish that Zeb's Megafishes Project is working to protect.
- Slippery Snack - Pufferfish can blow up like beach balls to make it hard for predators to eat them. Watch a hungry river otter try his luck in this video.
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