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Gymnothorax castaneus and Elacatinus inomatus

Image of Chestnut moray

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Description: English: This Panamic Green Moray (Gymnothorax castaneus) is enjoying the services of an Inornate Cleaning Goby (Tigrigobius digueti - syn: Elacatinus inomatus), visible on the moray's neck.The cleaner fish gets to eat all of the "cooties" it can find and gets full protection from the eel. And the eel gets a good scrubbing. Both animals benefit.Mali Mali dive site in Coiba National Park, Panama. Date: 20 November 2007, 14:59. Source: Taken to the Cleaners. Author: LASZLO ILYES from Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

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