Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored.
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Cuckoo wrasse was created in 1758.
Wrasse Records was created in 1998.
This relationship is defined as mutualism, meaning both parties benefit mutually from the relationship. In this example, the wrasse cleans the bass, and the wrasse gets food. The bacteria is gone from the skin of the sea bass, and the cleaner wrasse has food. The relationship clearly benefits both parties.
The Wrasse fish clean the mouth and body of the bass fish which provide the wrasse fish food.
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse was created in 1839.
the wrasse cleans the mouth of the bass, therefor the bass is clean and the wrasse gets food and its symbiotic relationship is mutualism
A striped cleaner wrasse moves in a dance like motion
The Wrasse fish clean the mouth and body of the bass fish which provide the wrasse fish food.
Bigger reef fish such as sharks eat the humphead wrasse. The average length of the humphead wrasse is 24 inches, though they can grow up to 90 inches.
Some species of Wrasse, eg Cleaner Wrasse have a symbiotic relationship with larger fish, eg Groupers, Sharks, etc whereby the wrasse will clean parasites from the body of the larger fish helping to keep it healthy, and the larger fish provides the wrasse some degree of protection from predation as well as food in the form of parasites and scraps.