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Getting cleaned! This White-Barred Sweetlips - Plectorinchus playfairi was getting cleaned by Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasses - Labroides dimidiatus.<br /> <br /> When the Cleaner Wrasses approach them for &#039;cleaning&#039; this bigger fishes, in this case the White-Barred Sweetlips will either open its mouth or gills to let the Cleaner Wrasse to have better access to their inner mouth where parasites can be found. Geotagged,Mozambique,Plectorhinchus playfairi,Ponta do Ouro,Summer,Sweetlips,White-Barred Sweetlips,Whitebarred Rubberlips Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Getting cleaned!

This White-Barred Sweetlips - Plectorinchus playfairi was getting cleaned by Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasses - Labroides dimidiatus.

When the Cleaner Wrasses approach them for 'cleaning' this bigger fishes, in this case the White-Barred Sweetlips will either open its mouth or gills to let the Cleaner Wrasse to have better access to their inner mouth where parasites can be found.

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The Whitebarred Sweetlips

Whitebarred Sweetlips is a solitary reef fish in the Plectorhinchus genus.

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Similar species: Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Sep 26, 2016. Captured Mar 17, 2014 20:56 in Lighthouse Rd, Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique.
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  • DSC-RX100
  • f/2.5
  • 1/100s
  • ISO160
  • 10.4mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.