Title

Symbiotic behaviour Symbiosis of common lionfish

Caption

Symbiotic behaviour Symbiosis of common lionfish (Pterois miles) spreads gills Kemendeckel lets cleaner wrasse bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) rid itself of parasites, Indian Ocean, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Africa

Date

May 10, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK23D08_038

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,5Mb (2,6Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4252 x 2835 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Bluestreak cleaner wrasses Bony fish Bony fishes Corinae East Africa Eastern Africa Fish Indian Ocean Indian turkeyfish Julidinae Labrichthyini Labridae Labroides dimidiatus Lionfish Mail-cheeked fish Mail-cheeked fishes Mauritius Mile's fire fish No People Osteichthyes Perciformes Pisces Pteroinae Pterois miles Republic of Mauritius Scorpaenidae Scorpaeniformes Scorpaenoidei Scorpionfish Scorpionfishes Soldier lionfish Turkey fish Underwater scene Wildlife Wrasse Wrasses animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour cleaner fish cleaner fishes common lionfish deserted devil firefish empty fauna gill gills habitat marine animal marine animals marine fish marine fishes natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody parasite parasites poisonous poisonous animal poisonous animals prick prickly pricks saltwater fish sea sea fish spiky spine spiny spread spreading symbioses symbiosis toxic under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited water animal water animals wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Actinopterygii Ray-finned fish Ray-finned fishes ocean oceans