such as the bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), to act as vectors for parasites. A study demonstrated that while these cleaners can resist some parasites, they can also temporarily ...

Now, in a study published on September 30 in Communications Biology, researchers have found that fish known as cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) also behave differently when watched. Females were ...

For the experiment, the team used bluestreak cleaner wrasse, a species measuring more than 10 centimeters long that inhabits waters off Wakayama Prefecture and the southwestern Nansei Islands.

The researchers documented the behavior of the cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), a coral reef species famous for its symbiotic grooming—it eats parasites residing on other fish—in front of its ...