The effect of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus on the capsalid monogenean Benedenia lolo parasite of the labrid fish Hemigymnus melapterus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1098-1108

  Grutter, A S ^a   Deveney, M R ^a,b   Whittington, I D ^a,c,d   Lester, R J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Government of South Australia   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benedenia; Capsalidae; Cleaning behaviour; Great Barrier Reef; Labroides dimidiatus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLEANER FISH; ECTOPARASITE; FISHERY;

BENEDENIA; CAPSALIDAE; HEMIGYMNUS MELAPTERUS; LABRIDAE; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; MONOGENEA;

EID: 0036870691     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02458.x     Document Type: Article

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