Blackspotted Stingray at Cleaning Station, Taeniura meyeni, Indian Ocean, Maldives

Batfish cleaned by Cleaner Wrasse, Platax teira, Labroides dimidiatus, Indian Ocean, Maldives

Batfish cleaned by Cleaner Wrasse, Platax teira, Labroides dimidiatus, Indian Ocean, Maldives

Oriental Sweetlips cleaned by Cleaner Wrasse, Plectorhinchus vittatus, Labroides dimidiatus, South Male Atoll, Maldives

Kleins Butterflyfish and Bicolor Cleaner Wrasse, Chaetodon kleinii, Labroides bicolor, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Giant Moray, Gymnothorax javanicus, Red Sea, Dahab, Egypt

Flowery Grouper beeing cleaned, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, Red Sea, Ras Mohammed, Egypt

Flowery Grouper beeing cleaned, Epinephelus fuscoguttatus, Red Sea, Ras Mohammed, Egypt

Harlequin Sweetlips cleaned by Cleaner Wrasse, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Blackspotted Puffer and Cleaner Wrasse, Arothron nigropunctatus, South Male Atoll, Maldives

Star puffer (Arothron stellatus) and cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), open mouth, Indo-Pacific Ocean

Symbiotic behaviour Symbiosis of jewel perch vermillion seabass (Cephalopholis miniata) lies at cleaning stationwith mouth wide open showing teeth rows of teeth motionless in coral reef lets cleaner wrasse bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) rid itself of parasites, Indian Ocean, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Africa

Close-up of giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) with cleaner fish, Abu Fendera reef dive site, Egypt, Red Sea, Africa

West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), overgrown with moss, resting on the bottom, Grass perch, Green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) eats moss from manti, cleanerfish, Three Sisters Springs, Manti Sanctuary, Crystal River, Florida, USA, North America

Sweetlips (Gaterin orentalis) opens mouth for Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Indian Ocean, Maldives, Asia

Symbiotic behaviour Symbiosis of giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus) with open mouth looks directly at observer lets cleaner wrasse bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) rid itself of parasites, Indian Ocean, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Africa