
The Hawaiian cleaner wrasse is a species of wrasse found in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. The fish is endemic to Hawaii. These cleaner fish inhabit coral reefs setting up a territory referred to as cleaning stations. They obtain a diet of small crustacean parasites by removing them from other reef fish in a cleaning symbiosis.
Similar species: Perch-like Fishes
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