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Photo specs
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  |
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 |
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DescriptionA 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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