Caption

A net moray (Gymnothorax permistus) with open mouth gets cleaned at a cleaning station by pacific cleaner shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis) .Dive site Sodwana Bay National Park, Maputaland Marine Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, Africa

Date

Jul 22, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rolf von Riedmatten

Reference

BRK24B03_304

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

33,6Mb (1,3Mb) / 13,2in x 9,9in / 3958 x 2969 (300dpi)

Keywords

Arthropod Arthropoda Arthropods Bony fish Bony fishes Cleaning station Crustacea Crustacean Crustaceans Fish Gymnothorax favagineus Hippolytidae Honeycomb moray KwaZulu Natal KwaZulu-Natal Laced moray Laced morays Leopard moray Lysmata amboinensis Lysmata grabhami Marine park Marine protected area Marine reserve Moray eel Moray eels Muraenidae Naturpark No People Osteichthyes Pacific cleaner shrimp Pacific cleaner shrimps Pisces Prawn Prawns Province KwaZulu-Natal RSA Republic of South Africa Shrimp Sodwana Bay National Park South Africa South African Southern Africa Tesselate moray Underwater scene Wildlife animal animals animals in the wild clean cleaner shrimp cleaner shrimps cleanliness cleanse conservation area deserted empty environmental reserve fauna habitat marine animal marine animals mouth mouths natural environment natural environments natural habitat natural preserve natural preserves natural reserve nature nature conservation area nature park nature reserve nature reserves no one nobody open air open mouth predator protected area purify reserve reserves sanctuary sea animal sea national park symbioses symbiosis tidiness under water underwater underwater photo underwater photos underwater shot underwater world underwater worlds uninhabited water animal water animals wild animal wild animals wildlife wildlife photography Africa N.P. NP National Park National Parks body care cleaning cleanings grooming open opened personal hygiene plume preen preening