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Caribbean cleaning goby
Elacatinus evelynae
20.8398, -86.8878
Field Notes
Description:
Photo take a t -40 ft in a Caribbean reef.
Cleaning gobys has a very specific diet of client derived parasitic isopods, client mucus . The cleaning gobies significantly preferred ectoparasites over mucus, which contrasts with cleaner wrasses.
Cleaning gobys has a very special selection in clients having a cleaning symbiosis whit many species for preference predator fishes.
Habitat:
Cleaning gobys were found predominantly in male / female pairs at cleaning stations located almost exclusively on coral heads.
His cousin Elacatinus prochilo it can be found on coral heads and sponges too.
Reference Links:
Cleaner fish
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2012
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