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Ramón finally evicted his remora hitchhiker on March 20, 2021. He stuck around as a regular visitor through February 2022, at which point he may have either moved on or been replaced in his territory by another male yellowtail parrotfish.

But he was, from what viewers could see, bothered by the presence of the remora, especially when Fedora would move around.

Imagine trying to just walk around while a large worm is wriggling on your face!

Ramón *was* still clearly eating, as we can see here he was doing his important duty of creating new beach sand. 😉💩

Another time we observed Ramón successfully grabbing another snack (this one appeared to possibly be a crab he grabbed while looking for an algae clump), but he was still bothered by Fedora squirming around as Ramón tried to keep hold of his snack.

Fedora (the remora) also seemed to interfere with Ramón's ability to eat. Here we can see that Ramón was able to grab a quick snack, but Fedora wiggling around seemed to cause him to move away from the algae snack.

But on smaller fish, like Ramón, this relationship appears more parasitic. We first observed Ramón having difficulty napping or resting, appearing bothered by the squirming remora on his head.

October 2020, Ramón picked up a *second* remora, which from our observations appeared to stick with him continuously for almost 6 months, through late March 2021. Regular viewers of the livestream noted the almost daily visits by Ramón and his remora (cleverly named Fedora by @tommowle.bsky.social)

Allow me to tell you some of the story of Ramón, a terminal phase (male) yellowtail parrotfish

Ramón, a terminal phase (male) yellowtail parrotfish, first appeared as a regular visitor on @coralcitycamera.bsky.social early in April 2020.