Cleaning Station

s, ''Labroides'' sp. on a reef in Hawaii.]] A cleaning station is a location where Fish , and other Marine life, congregate to be cleaned. The cleaning process includes the removal of Parasite s from the animal's body (both externally and internally), and can be performed by various creatures (including Cleaner Shrimp and numerous species of fish, especially Wrasse s and Gobies ). When the fish approaches a cleaning station they will pose in an 'unnatural' way to show the cleaner fish that they want to be cleaned and pose no threat, this can be pointing in a strange direction and/or opening the mouth wide. The cleaner fish will then eat the parasites directly from the skin of the cleaned fish. It will even swim into the mouth and Gill s of the fish to be cleaned. Cleaning stations are often associated with Coral features, located either on top of a coral head or in a slot between two outcroppings. REFERENCES Animal Communication Networks, Page 525, By Peter K. McGregor, Published by Cambridge University Press GALLERY
	Image:Cleaning Station Parot2jpgA	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/parrotfish" class="copylinks">Parrotfish is being cleaned by cleaner wrasse, ''Labroides'' sp Photograped in 2005 at Hawaii
	Image:Cleaning Station 4JPGA Novaculichthys Taeniourus (Dragon Wrasse) Is Being Cleaned By Cleaner	"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/wrasse" class="copylinks">Wrasse s, ''Labroides'' sp Photograped in 2005 at Hawaii

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