Title

Symbiotic behaviour Symbiosis of giant moray

Caption

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

Date

May 10, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK23D09_350

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,5Mb (1,5Mb) / 9,5in x 14,2in / 2835 x 4252 (300dpi)

Keywords

Africa Blackpearl moray Bluestreak cleaner wrasse Bluestreak cleaner wrasses Bony fish Bony fishes Corinae East Africa Eastern Africa Fish Giant moray Giant morays Gymnothorax javanicus Indian Ocean Java moray eel Julidinae Labrichthyini Labridae Labroides dimidiatus Mauritius Moray eel Moray eels Muraenidae No People Osteichthyes Perciformes Pisces Republic of Mauritius Tropical moray eel Underwater scene Wildlife Wrasse Wrasses animal animal behavior animal behaviour animals animals in the wild behavior behaviour cleaner fish cleaner fishes deserted empty fauna gazes habitat look look at looking out looks looks into marine animal marine animals marine fish marine fishes natural environment natural environments natural habitat no one nobody observe observer observers open mouth parasite parasites predator saltwater fish sea sea fish symbioses symbiosis under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited view view over watching water animal water animals wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Actinopterygii Ray-finned fish Ray-finned fishes mouth mouths ocean oceans open opened