【海底忙什麼EP7】魚醫生 The Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse

【魚醫生 The Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse】

裂唇魚會以其他魚身上的寄生蟲、大魚外表死掉的組織、皮膚上為食，牠們通常珊瑚礁上的水域游動，這裡可說是魚醫生的診所，當魚患者接近診所時，魚醫生會上下擺動身體後半部給予訊息，意思就是請患魚入診間，魚患者擺出特定後，就讓魚醫生檢查牠的表皮、鰓和口，珊瑚礁的魚醫生和其他魚之間建立「獲得食物-保有健康」的互利關係。

The bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, eats parasites and dead tissue off larger fishes' skin. Cleaner wrasses swim at water column above coral head.

This is called cleaning station. When visitors come near the cleaning stations, thecleaner wrasses greet the visitors by performing a dance-like motion in which they move their rear up and down.

The visitors are referred to as "clients". The client fish adopts a species-specific pose to allow the cleaner access to its body surface, gills and sometimes mouth. A mutualistic relationship that provides food for the wrasse, and considerable health benefits for the other fishes is built on coral reefs.