k Moontail bullseye fish Moontail bullseye fish Priacanthus hamrur being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus, centre. Such cleaning is symbiotic mutually beneficial behaviour. The wrasse feeds on parasites from the skin of the moontail. Cleaner fish attract larger fish to cleaning stations by making oscillatory movements. The large fish respect this service and refrain from eating the cleaners. Photographed in the Red Sea. Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Moontail bullseye fish Moontail bullseye fish  Priacanthus hamrur  being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse  Labroides dimidiatus, centre . Such cleaning is symbiotic  mutually beneficial  behaviour. The wrasse feeds on parasites from the skin of the moontail. Cleaner fish attract larger fish to cleaning stations by making oscillatory movements. The large fish respect this service and refrain from eating the cleaners. Photographed in the Red Sea.
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Moontail bullseye fish

Moontail bullseye fish (Priacanthus hamrur) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus, centre). Such cleaning is symbiotic (mutually beneficial) behaviour. The wrasse feeds on parasites from the skin of the moontail. Cleaner fish attract larger fish to cleaning stations by making oscillatory movements. The large fish respect this service and refrain from eating the cleaners. Photographed in the Red Sea.

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