tific Name: Labroides dimidiatus
bution: Found on tropical coral reefs
Eastern Africa and the Red Sea to
h Polynesia
The cleaner wrasse is like a cross between a
beautician, a dermatologist (a skin doctor) and a
vacuum cleaner. These little creatures have found
the per fect niche, nibbling away dead skin and
parasites from other fish!
Wherever they make their home will be
considered a “cleaning station”, to which other
fish will come and line up to get regular treatments
that keep them healthy. All kinds of creatures
use the cleaner wrasse’s ser vices, from sharks
and manta rays, to moray eels, and angelfish!
Cleaner wrasse are never preyed upon by the
bigger fish, as the ser vice they provide is recognised
as being absolutely essential.
SEA CUCUMBERS
CLEANER WRASSE
Scientific Name:Poriff ra
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