The False Cleanerfish (Aspidontus taeniatus) is a species of Combtooth Blenny that copies the behavior and appearance of a similarly colored species of cleaner wrasse. It likely mimics that species to avoid predation, as well as to bite the fins of its victims rather than eat parasites. #marinelife
July 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The False Cleanerfish (Aspidontus taeniatus) is a species of Combtooth Blenny that copies the behavior and appearance of a similarly colored species of cleaner wrasse. It likely mimics that species to avoid predation, as well as to bite the fins of its victims rather than eat parasites. #marinelife
It’s humiliating that these fools think they’re achieving something by pulling the latest cleanerfish out from between Trump’s ass cheeks and pretending to interrogate it.
July 15, 2026 at 9:03 PM
It’s humiliating that these fools think they’re achieving something by pulling the latest cleanerfish out from between Trump’s ass cheeks and pretending to interrogate it.
A young bluehead wrasse getting all the attention from the bar jacks looking for a cleaning #barjacks #blueheadwrasse #cleanerfish #attention #coralcitycamera
June 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM
A young bluehead wrasse getting all the attention from the bar jacks looking for a cleaning #barjacks #blueheadwrasse #cleanerfish #attention #coralcitycamera
If aquaculture is to deliver on keeping welfare at the heart of sustainability, the focus needs to extend beyond which solutions are used - to how they are evaluated, applied and refined over time.
🔗 Read the full paper: buff.ly/pngvDMN
#SalmonFarming #CleanerFish #AquaticAnimalWelfare
🔗 Read the full paper: buff.ly/pngvDMN
#SalmonFarming #CleanerFish #AquaticAnimalWelfare
May 6, 2026 at 8:03 PM
If aquaculture is to deliver on keeping welfare at the heart of sustainability, the focus needs to extend beyond which solutions are used - to how they are evaluated, applied and refined over time.
🔗 Read the full paper: buff.ly/pngvDMN
#SalmonFarming #CleanerFish #AquaticAnimalWelfare
🔗 Read the full paper: buff.ly/pngvDMN
#SalmonFarming #CleanerFish #AquaticAnimalWelfare
Our #FishOfTheWeek this week is… the Common Cleanerfish (Labroides dimidiatus) 🐟
👇More #fishfacts and the latest #research featuring ASFB members:
doi.org/10.1111/jsr....
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#Australia #fish #biology
👇More #fishfacts and the latest #research featuring ASFB members:
doi.org/10.1111/jsr....
🌐 Info via Fishes of Australia: fishesofaustralia.net.au
#Australia #fish #biology
March 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Our #FishOfTheWeek this week is… the Common Cleanerfish (Labroides dimidiatus) 🐟
👇More #fishfacts and the latest #research featuring ASFB members:
doi.org/10.1111/jsr....
🌐 Info via Fishes of Australia: fishesofaustralia.net.au
#Australia #fish #biology
👇More #fishfacts and the latest #research featuring ASFB members:
doi.org/10.1111/jsr....
🌐 Info via Fishes of Australia: fishesofaustralia.net.au
#Australia #fish #biology
If they were at all interested in beating Trump they would’ve beaten Trump. The Harris campaign deliberately threw the election because winning would’ve done permanent damage to the Republican Party and spoiled the Dems’ long-term electoral strategy of being FUCKING CLEANERFISH
October 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If they were at all interested in beating Trump they would’ve beaten Trump. The Harris campaign deliberately threw the election because winning would’ve done permanent damage to the Republican Party and spoiled the Dems’ long-term electoral strategy of being FUCKING CLEANERFISH
They never challenged the results because they need to avoid doing actual damage to the Republican Party in order to preserve their own Democratic long-term electoral strategy of being fucking cleanerfish for those Republicans.
October 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
They never challenged the results because they need to avoid doing actual damage to the Republican Party in order to preserve their own Democratic long-term electoral strategy of being fucking cleanerfish for those Republicans.
September was bonkers busy and October is shaping up to be no different, and I very much need a full week of doing nothing which I'm not going to get for a while, BUT I get a day of holiday to go see my sister talk about the use of cleanerfish in salmon aquaculture, so life cannot be that bad
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
September was bonkers busy and October is shaping up to be no different, and I very much need a full week of doing nothing which I'm not going to get for a while, BUT I get a day of holiday to go see my sister talk about the use of cleanerfish in salmon aquaculture, so life cannot be that bad
September 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
For mimic, the false cleanerfish who pretends to be cute and innocent and “ohhh here I’ll just clean you” and then CHOMP with those wicked fangs #SciArtSeptember #SundayFishSketch
September 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For mimic, the false cleanerfish who pretends to be cute and innocent and “ohhh here I’ll just clean you” and then CHOMP with those wicked fangs #SciArtSeptember #SundayFishSketch
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
#Mutualism #FishBehavior #RewardSystems #OpioidNeurotransmission #MarineBiology #CleanerFish #Butterflyfish #Neuroethology #AnimalMotivation #BehavioralEcology #HedonicImpact
#Mutualism #FishBehavior #RewardSystems #OpioidNeurotransmission #MarineBiology #CleanerFish #Butterflyfish #Neuroethology #AnimalMotivation #BehavioralEcology #HedonicImpact
The hedonic impact of cleaner–client fish interactions is mediated by the opioid system | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
According to the ‘incentive salience hypothesis’ reward processing involves two main components, including the motivation to obtain a reward (i.e. incentive salience or ‘wanting’) and the hedonic pleasure felt during its consumption (i.e. hedonic impact ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Rohan Brooker and co-authors find the ability of cleanerfish to adjust their activity in response to competition underscores the role of behaviour in maintaining cleaning networks on coral reefs. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
July 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Rohan Brooker and co-authors find the ability of cleanerfish to adjust their activity in response to competition underscores the role of behaviour in maintaining cleaning networks on coral reefs. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#BiologyLetters
Cleanerfish help coral reefs stay healthy by removing parasites from other fish. On many reefs, different cleanerfish species live side by side, but how do they avoid competition and work together? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#behaviour #ecology #evolution
Cleanerfish help coral reefs stay healthy by removing parasites from other fish. On many reefs, different cleanerfish species live side by side, but how do they avoid competition and work together? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#behaviour #ecology #evolution
July 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#BiologyLetters
Cleanerfish help coral reefs stay healthy by removing parasites from other fish. On many reefs, different cleanerfish species live side by side, but how do they avoid competition and work together? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#behaviour #ecology #evolution
Cleanerfish help coral reefs stay healthy by removing parasites from other fish. On many reefs, different cleanerfish species live side by side, but how do they avoid competition and work together? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
#behaviour #ecology #evolution
Do predatory tactics correspond to aggressive #mimetic fidelity? 3D video recordings using a portable underwater stereo camera system revealed the #hunting tactics of three carnivorous fang blennies - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #aggressivemimicry #cleanerfish
July 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Do predatory tactics correspond to aggressive #mimetic fidelity? 3D video recordings using a portable underwater stereo camera system revealed the #hunting tactics of three carnivorous fang blennies - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #aggressivemimicry #cleanerfish
For today's #sundayfishsketch the false cleanerfish. I learned about this species from Finspan and it pretends to be a cleaner fish and then takes a bite out of the fooled fish! Well played!
July 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
For today's #sundayfishsketch the false cleanerfish. I learned about this species from Finspan and it pretends to be a cleaner fish and then takes a bite out of the fooled fish! Well played!
CORAL REEF RESEARCH NEWS: Cleaner fish: Tiny healers or hidden spreaders in coral reef ecosystems?
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
#coralreefs #cleanerfish #coraldisease #ecosystemhealth #coralhealth #coralreefecology #reeffish #pathogen #marineecology #marinebiology
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
#coralreefs #cleanerfish #coraldisease #ecosystemhealth #coralhealth #coralreefecology #reeffish #pathogen #marineecology #marinebiology
Cleaner fish: Tiny healers or hidden spreaders in coral reef ecosystems?
Reef "beauty salons" staffed by tiny cleaner fish aren t just for parasite removal they may also shape the microbial life of the entire ecosystem. A fascinating new study shows these bustling fish…
www.sciencedaily.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
CORAL REEF RESEARCH NEWS: Cleaner fish: Tiny healers or hidden spreaders in coral reef ecosystems?
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
#coralreefs #cleanerfish #coraldisease #ecosystemhealth #coralhealth #coralreefecology #reeffish #pathogen #marineecology #marinebiology
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
#coralreefs #cleanerfish #coraldisease #ecosystemhealth #coralhealth #coralreefecology #reeffish #pathogen #marineecology #marinebiology
and i think evolved mutualism (cleanerfish) might well not be the same mechanism as interspecies communicative trust
May 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
and i think evolved mutualism (cleanerfish) might well not be the same mechanism as interspecies communicative trust
Seems to depend on the species and how complex its behaviors are
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The Neurobiology of Mutualistic Behavior: The Cleanerfish Swims into the Spotlight
One of the most notorious examples of cooperation between different species happens in the cleaner-client fish mutualism. The best known cleaner fish species, the bluestreak Indo-Pacific cleaner wrass...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
May 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Seems to depend on the species and how complex its behaviors are
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Daily sketch. Practice for #SundayFishSketch
False Cleanerfish, Aspidontus taeniatus. aka Mimic Blenny.
False Cleanerfish, Aspidontus taeniatus. aka Mimic Blenny.
May 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Daily sketch. Practice for #SundayFishSketch
False Cleanerfish, Aspidontus taeniatus. aka Mimic Blenny.
False Cleanerfish, Aspidontus taeniatus. aka Mimic Blenny.
Luci also has a small live on/in girlfriend named Dimidia (Dimi for short)! Dimi is based on a cleanerfish, and true to that she cleans and takes care of Luci-shes also indigestible
Arts by @terrythetlatypus.bsky.social
#sizesky #giantess #vore
Arts by @terrythetlatypus.bsky.social
#sizesky #giantess #vore
February 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Luci also has a small live on/in girlfriend named Dimidia (Dimi for short)! Dimi is based on a cleanerfish, and true to that she cleans and takes care of Luci-shes also indigestible
Arts by @terrythetlatypus.bsky.social
#sizesky #giantess #vore
Arts by @terrythetlatypus.bsky.social
#sizesky #giantess #vore
Actus Mer/Sea News: Seeking a Pacific alternative to cleanerfish - @thefishsite http://dlvr.it/NwMCHy
February 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Actus Mer/Sea News: Seeking a Pacific alternative to cleanerfish - @thefishsite http://dlvr.it/NwMCHy
The link that didn’t share properly from
@guardian below about #cleanerfish
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@guardian below about #cleanerfish
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I’m obsessed with fish that clean other fish: they remember their clients, much like a hairdresser
I’m campaigning for legal protection for cleaner fish, because no one has done a proper assessment of the impact of removing them from Scottish reefs
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The link that didn’t share properly from
@guardian below about #cleanerfish
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@guardian below about #cleanerfish
www.theguardian.com/environment/...