Title

Symbiotic behaviour Symbiosis of white-spotted puffer

Caption

Symbiotic behaviour Symbiosis of white-spotted puffer (Arothron hispidus) gets rid of parasites by cleaner wrasse bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Africa

Date

May 10, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK23D12_194

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

81.5Mb (5.0Mb) / 21.8in x 14.5in / 6538 x 4359 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa Arothron hispidus Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Bluestreak cleaner wrasses Bony fish Bony fishes Broadbarred toadfish Corinae East Africa Eastern Africa Fish Indian Ocean Julidinae Labrichthyini Labridae Labroides dimidiatus Mauritius No People Osteichthyes Perciformes Pisces Plectognathi Puffer Pufferfish Republic of Mauritius Stripedbelly blowfish Swellfish Swellfishes Tetraodontidae Trunkfish Trunkfishes Underwater scene White-spotted puffer White-spotted puffers Whitespotted blaasop Wildlife Wrasse Wrasses animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour cleaner fish cleaner fishes deserted empty fauna habitat marine animal marine animals marine fish marine fishes natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody parasite parasites poisonous saltwater fish sea sea fish 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