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Title: Manta Being Cleaned By Angelfish, Socorro, Mexico
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A giant oceanic manta (Mobula birostris) is cleaned by endemic Clarion angelfish (Holacanthus clarionensis), the angelfish are larger than they look, 25cm. The marks on the manta's skin (lower parts of the frame) look like bites from the angelfish. Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean
- Alexander Mustard/www.amustard.com
- Angelfishes: Pomacanthidae
- Baja California
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- clarion angelfish: Holacanthus clarionensis
- cleaning
- cleaning station
- East Pacific Ocean
- Fishes
- Marine Life
- Mexico
- oceanic manta: manta ray: Mobula birostris
- Revillagigedo Islands
- Socorro
- Socorro Island
- www.amustard.com