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  • Cleaner wrasse maintain cleaning stations at coral heads along the reef.  The cleaners advertise their services by 'dancing' above the coral.  Other fish then come in to have parasites and dead skin removed from their bodies, providing a meal for the wrasse in the process.
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  • A batfish being cleaned by blue streak cleaner wrasse, Sangalaki, Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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  • Giant moray eels remain in holes during the day, venturing out at night to feed.  Their holes often have resident populations of cleaner shrimps and wrasse.
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  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
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  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
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  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
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  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
    WPAP200903220044.jpg
  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
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  • Like most reef fish, damselfish big and small utilise the services of cleaner wrasse to remove dead skin and parasites from the surface of their bodies.
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  • Like most reef fish, grouper utilise the services of cleaner wrasse to remove dead skin and parasites from the surface of their bodies.
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  • Like many reef fish, fusiliers use the services of small wrasse at cleaning station.  The cleaner wrasse pick off dead skin and parasites from the surface of the larger fish.  Many fish signal their desire to be cleaned by changing color.  Fusiliers turn a shade of red and display greenish stripes, coloration only normally displayed at night.
    WPAP200903220039.jpg
  • Titan triggrfish use their large teeth to break off and eat pieces of hard and soft coral, as well as attack and drive off predators.  Like many reef fish they use the services of cleaner wrasse to remove parasites and dead skin from the surface of their bodies.
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  • A pufferfish being cleaned by blue streak cleaner wrasse, Sangalaki, Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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  • Boxer shrimps are cleaners and they display bright markings to advertise their services to passing fish.  The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
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  • Boxer shrimps are cleaners and will pick debris and parasites from the skin of fish.  Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
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  • Banded boxer shrimps are cleaners that advertise their services to passing fish with their bright markings and movement.  When a fish comes into a cleaning station, the shrimp picks of dead skin and parasites - its source of food. The Komodo National Park is home to the unique Komodo Dragon, but also has some remarkable marine life.  Cold upwellings from the Indian Ocean to the south bring plenty of nutrients, providing food for a spectacular array of different species.
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  • Amed and Jemeluk are in NW Bali, close to Mt Agung.  This stratovolcano is still active and last erupted in 1964.  The Amed area offers a quiet alternative to Bali's busy south and has good reefs, particularly around Gili Selang. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.\
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  • Tulamben is located on Bali's NE coast and has become very popular with divers and photographers.  The area is famous for the wreck of the USAT Liberty Glo, a WWII era ship that lies just off the beach in Tulamben village.  The areas is also very well known for its high marine biodiversity. Bali is a very popular holiday destination for divers and offers a wide variety of different types of diving, from reefs and wrecks to mucks sites such as Puri Jati and Gilimanuk.
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  • Padangbai, on Bali's east coast, is one of the islands most convenient dive spots.  The strong currents that flow between Bali and Lombok produce strong upwellings of cold, nutrient rich water, perfect conditions for marine life and in particular, filter feeders such as sponges and crinoids.  The best dive sites are located around several rocky islands just offshore, but dive operators based in Padangbai also run trips across to Nusa Penida and Lembongan.
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  • The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905290100.jpg
  • The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200905090466.jpg
  • The strong currents in the Misool area create perfect conditions for filter feeders such as soft corals, sea fans and sponges and on most areas, the rocky substrate is literally carpeted in life.  The reefs of Raja Ampat are some of the most diverse and healthiest in the world.
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  • Snake eel with a periclemenes commensal shrimp, Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. These shrimps feed on parasites and debris removed from the skin of other animals such as snake eels. The Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
    SULA200609070316.jpg
  • The Komodo National Park is home to the unique Komodo Dragon, but also has some remarkable marine life.  Cold upwellings from the Indian Ocean to the south bring plenty of nutrients, providing food for a spectacular array of different species.
    KOMO200906120064.jpg
  • Like most reef fish, filefish utilise the services of cleaner wrasse to remove dead skin and parasites from the surface of their bodies.  This species of wrasse however does not normally act as a cleaner.
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  • Most moray eels spend the day in holes in the reef or rock.  They often share their hole with other morays and cleaner shrimps. Lembeh Strait in N Sulawesi is famous for its unusually high marine biodiversity, particularly of unusual animals that live on the exposed sand areas.
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