A great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) comes close to the reef to be cleaned by a cleaner wrasse, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific, North America

Potato cod (Epinephelus tukula) being cleaned by cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

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

Cleanerwrasse cleans Soldierfish, Labroides dimidiatus, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Cleanerwrasse cleans Batfish, Labroides dimidiatus, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

A longspine grouper (Epinephelus longispinis) being cleaned by a cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus).

An adult bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) at a cleaning station on the reef off Kri Island, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Dotted sweetlips (Plectorhinchus picus), being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Namu atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Doublebar goatfish (Parupeneus bifasciatus) white phase, and cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific

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

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

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

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

Bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) are the largest species in this family and can reach 5 feet in length and over 160 pounds, Yap, Micronesia

The endemic Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) is taking a close look for parasites on this Crocodile Needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus), Hawaii, United States of America

While a Hawaii Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) searches for parasites in its mouth, a Reef Manta Ray (Mobula (formerly Manta) alfredi) hovers over a reef cleaning station off the Kona Coast, the Big Island, Hawaii, USA during the summer. This par

Indonesia, clown triggerfish (balistoides conspicillum) and cleaner wrasse.

Hawaii, Yellowfin goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) and an endemic Hawaiian cleaner wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) taking a close look in it's mouth.

Hawaii, Pyramid Butterflyfish (hemitaurichthys polylepis) above coral.

Blackspotted sweetlip (Plectorhinchus gaterinus) with cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Sudan, Red Sea, Africa