GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

GEOBIOLOGY

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A cleaner fish eats the parasites and other gunk off another fish. The cleaner fish gets food, the other fish gets cleaned. This is ____
A
Parasitism
B
Mutualism
C
Commensalism
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cleaning symbiosis is a mutually beneficial association between individuals of two species, where one (the cleaner) removes and eats parasites and other materials from the surface of the other (the client).

Detailed explanation-2: -The relationship between cleaner wrasse and reef fish has long been one of the textbook examples of mutualism, a partnership in which both individuals benefit. In this relationship, the cleaner wrasses set up “cleaning stations” where they eat parasites and dead skin cells off of willing reef fish.

Detailed explanation-3: -While this is considered a mutualistic interaction, cleaners prefer to eat client mucus over ectoparasites [12], creating an important conflict of interest: clients have to make cleaners eat against their preference not to be cheated.

Detailed explanation-4: -The relationship between remora fish and shark can be considered as mutualism. Remora attaches itself to the shark, to travel different parts of the sea by floating with the shark. It helps the remora fish to travel without burning energy. They also get to eat scraps of food dropped by the shark.

Detailed explanation-5: -The cleaner fishes of the wrasse genus Labroides (Labridae) are well known for their role in the removal of parasites from larger carnivorous fishes. The larger fishes recognize the cleaner fish and will not devour it. They allow free passage into their cavernous mouths and gill…

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