juvenile gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, being cleaned by endemic Hawaiian cleaner wrasse, Labroides phthirophagus, Kona, Hawaii, USA
juvenile gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, being cleaned by endemic Hawaiian cleaner wrasse, Labroides phthirophagus, note copepod parasite inside mouth; Mahaiula, North Kona, Hawaii (the Big Island), United States ( Central North Pacific Ocean )
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Location: Kona, Hawaii, USA
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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