A 'cleaner wrasse' has its 'station' or place where it works at cleaning the fish who come to visit for a clean up and de bug. Fish looking after their ova or young (in a relationship) may take it in turns to visit too if they have been attacked by some parasite that needs to be removed.
They are both fish
The scientific name for cleaner fish is "Labridae." Cleaner fish are known for their symbiotic relationship with other marine species, where they clean parasites and dead skin off larger fish.
They have a relationship known as mutualism. Both animals benefit from the relationship and neither is harmed.
The type of interaction where neither species is harmed is known as mutualism. In mutualistic relationships, both species benefit from the interaction, such as bees pollinating flowers while obtaining nectar for food. Another example is cleaner fish that eat parasites off larger fish; the larger fish receive cleaning, while the cleaner fish gain a food source. In contrast, commensalism involves one species benefiting while the other is neither helped nor harmed.
The cleaner fish and shark have a mutualistic relationship where the cleaner fish feeds on parasites and dead skin off the shark, providing a cleaning service. In return, the shark gets rid of irritants and benefits from the hygiene provided by the cleaner fish.
Stingray's do share a mutualistic relationship with 'cleaner fish'. The stingray visits their cleaning station; ridding their bodies of parasites that potentially could be quite harmful to them, while the cleaner fish gets a meal.
Since the shark & cleaner fish are benefited because the shark's teeth is being cleaned and the cleaner fish itself has food, the relationship between the two is called mutualism. improve
Examples of mutualism include the relationship between bees and flowers, where bees get nectar and pollinate flowers, and the relationship between certain types of fungi and plant roots, where the fungi provide nutrients to the plant in exchange for sugars. Another example is the relationship between cleaner fish and larger fish, where the cleaner fish remove parasites from the larger fish in exchange for food.
Yes, they have a relationship called parisitism. This means only one organisim benefits. For example Polar Bears gain food from eating fish and the fish are harmed/ killed.
Fish can get parasites that harm them. Dogs can also get harmed by heartworms those are parasites. Humans can also be harmed by parasites. there are many parasites that can affect people.
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