Ocean sunfish, Mola mola, #06342, Natural History Photography

Ocean sunfish schooling near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes to remove large group of parasitic copepods, open ocean, Baja California.

Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Image ID: 06342
Format: Film 3:2

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Categories:

Animal > Fish > Fish Behavior > Cleaning (Symbiosis)
Animal > Fish > Fish Behavior > Parasitism (Symbiosis)
Animal > Fish > Marine Fish > Indo-Pacific > California / Baja California
Animal > Fish > Marine Fish > Ocean Sunfish - Mola mola > Schooling
Subject > Technique > Underwater

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