a blue-streak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, enters the gills of a reef manta ray, Mobula alfredi, to remove parasites; moon wrasses, Thalassoma lunare, and initial phase two-tone wrasses, Thalassoma amblycephalum, hover below, awaiting their opportunity to snatch a meal from the manta's skin, Sunlight Thila, Lankan, North Male Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean


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Image ID: 0036670-DPE

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a blue-streak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, enters the gills of a reef manta ray, Mobula alfredi, to remove parasites; moon wrasses, Thalassoma lunare, and initial phase two-tone wrasses, Thalassoma amblycephalum, hover below, awaiting their opportunity to snatch a meal from the manta's skin, Sunlight Thila, Lankan, North Male Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean
Credit to: BluePlanetArchive / Doug Perrine

Image dimensions: 5400x3600

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