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

A bluestreak cleaner wrasse searching the mouth of a clown sweetlips for parasites, Yap, Micronesia, Pacific

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

Six-banded Angelfish cleaned by Cleaner Wrasse, Pomacanthus sexstriatus, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Six-banded Angelfish cleaned by Cleaner Wrasse, Pomacanthus sexstriatus, Komodo National Park, Indonesia

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