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Is cleaner wrasse a parasite

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No. They are mutualistic. The Cleaner Wrasse eats bacteria from the Grouper, while the Grouper provides the food source.

The Grouper arrives at the cleaner wrasse and the wrasse will clean the groupers mouth. They both benefit because the wrasse eats the bacteria as food and the grouper's mouth isn't packed up with bacteria anymore. Mutualism is when both creatures benefit. The Grouper may visit cleaner wrasse's more then once a day.

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no its a fish which can remove parasites from other fish....Google it

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