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mutualism
In community ecology: Mutualism and cheaters
This subversion has occurred between cleaner fish and their hosts. Cleaner fish are highly specialized fish that pick parasites off the skin of other fish. Host fish arrive at specific sites where they present themselves to the cleaner fish that groom them. Other fish have evolved to resemble the cleaner…
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Perciformes
In perciform: Interspecific relationshipsThe cleaner fishes of the wrasse genus Labroides (Labridae) are well known for their role in the removal of parasites from larger carnivorous fishes. The larger fishes recognize the cleaner fish and will not devour it. They allow free passage into their cavernous mouths and gill…
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