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Title: Shark Being Cleaned. Galapagos
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A male whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) rests beneath an overhang and opens its jaws while it is cleaned by an endemic banded cleaner goby (banded cleaning goby: Elacatinus nesiotes). Cousins Rock, San Salvador Island, Santiago Island, Galápagos National Park, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. East Pacific Ocean.
- banded cleaner goby: banded cleaning goby: Elacatinus nesiotes
- Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes
- Cousins Rock
- East Pacific Ocean
- Ecuador
- endemic
- Fishes
- Galapagos Islands
- Galápagos National Park
- Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniformes
- Isabela Island
- Marine Life
- Requiem Sharks: Carcharhindidae
- San Salvador Island
- Santiago Island
- Sharks
- whitetip reef shark: Triaenodon obesus
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