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Learn about cleaner fish, fish that provide a service to other species by removing dead skin and parasites. Find out the diversity, mechanisms, implications and examples of cleaner fish, including cleaner wrasse, in different aquatic environments.
Learn about the bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), a small fish that cleans parasites off other fishes in exchange for food and protection. Find out its description, distribution, cleaning behavior, reproduction, and conservation status.
Wrasse are a diverse group of fish with over 600 species in 81 genera, many of which are brightly colored and have protractile mouths. They are sexually dimorphic and can change sex, and some are protogynous hermaphrodites within a haremic mating system.
Cleaning symbiosis is a relationship between two species, where one removes and eats parasites and other materials from the other. Learn about the history, debate, and examples of cleaning symbiosis, especially among marine fish and birds.
The Elacatinus genus feeds primarily on ectoparasites from cleaning and cellular fish debris, and E. puncticulatus seem to be no different. Both males and females clean. Cleaning gobies can display cheating behavior when cleaning with a partner, where they consume scales and mucus from the clients instead of just ectoparasites, although this is ...
A cleaning station is a location where animals such as fish, sea turtles and hippos get cleaned by smaller beings like shrimp and wrasses. Learn about the benefits, risks and examples of this form of symbiosis in freshwater and marine environments.
A comprehensive list of the freshwater fish found in California, including both native and introduced species. See the common name, scientific name, image, native or non-native status, and notes for each fish species.
A rare monster-like fish has washed up on the shores of Crystal Cove Park in California, surprisingly the second one to be found at the park in the past few years.