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Subject: 

Young Tiger Grouper at Cleaning Station

File ID: 

20031027-100332.jpg

File Size: 

6705 KB

File Resolution: 

3212 x 2409 pixels

Print Resolution

300 DPI at 10.7" x 8.0"

Orientation: 

Horizontal

Date Taken: 

Oct 27, 2003 at 10:03:32

Date Modified: 

Aug 07, 2005 at 15:01:39

Photographer: 

Jean-Sebastien Morisset E-mail the Photographer

Copyright: 

Jean-Sebastien Morisset - All Rights Reserved.

Keywords: 

100332, 2003, 200310, 20031027, animals, atlantic, behavior, bonaire, caribbean, cleaning, fish, grouper, jean-sebastien morisset, nature, netherland antilles, ocean, station, tiger, travels, tropical, underwater, young

Description

A young Tiger Grouper [Mycteroperca tigris] at a cleaning station, taken at Red Slave in Bonaire. The cleaners are two Yellownose Goby [Gobiosoma randalli] and a juvenile Spanish Hogfish [Bodianus rufus]. Groupers are particularly plagued by an assortment of external parasites. These are mainly isopods and copepods that burrow into the tissues around the eyes, nortrils, under scales, and lining of gills and mouth. To keep their infestation under control, Groupers spend a significant amount of time at cleaning stations where parasite-eating fish and shrimps dine on their pests.

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