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Endemic Hawaiian Saddle Wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey) approach to clean a Reef Manta Ray (Mobula (formerly Manta) alfredi) of parasites at a reef cleaning station off the Kona Coast, the Big Island, Hawaii, USA. This particular female manta with a missing
Image ID: | 1116-40062 |
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Artist: | Thomas Kline |
blue
class actinopterygii
class chondrichthyes
cleaning
close up
coastal manta ray
color image
endemic
female animal
fish
full length
hawaii
hawaiian endemic
hawaiian islands
horizontal
infraclass teleostei
inshore manta ray
labridae
labrioidei
manta alfredi
manta ray
marine life
medium group of animals
mobula alfredi
myliobatidae
myliobatiformes
no people
ocean
pacific ocean
perciformes
phyllum chordata
prince alfred's ray
reef cleaning station
reef manta ray
resident manta ray
saddle wrasse
sea life
side view
subclass elasmobranchii
subclass neopterygii
swimming
teleost
thalassoma duperrey
tropical climate
underwater
vertebrate
water
animals
big island
cleaner
close up
female
fishes
hawaii island
hawaiian
koi ray
koie ray
kona coast
nature
no one
nobody
summer
the big island
tropical
tropics
vertebrates
animal
pacific