Longfin Batfish is a photograph by Matthew Oldfield which was uploaded on May 2nd, 2013.
Longfin Batfish
Longfin batfish (Platax teira) being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). This fish can reach up to 70 centimetres in length.... more
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Longfin Batfish
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Matthew Oldfield
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Longfin batfish (Platax teira) being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). This fish can reach up to 70 centimetres in length. It is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Cleaner wrasse hover around cleaning stations where they remove parasites from the bodies of other fish. Photographed off Sangalaki Island, in the Sulawesi Sea, Indonesia.
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May 2nd, 2013
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