Drawing of a Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe feeding behaviour of the Cleaner Wrasse is interesting but nowhere near as interesting as their unique social behaviour.\u00a0 Basically all Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse begin their life as females. In a group of 6 to 8 Cleaner Wrasse there is usually only one male while the rest are females or juveniles.\u00a0 So if they all begin life as a female than how do you get males?\u00a0 This is a good question and the answer is they practice sequential hermaphroditism.\u00a0 All this means is once the male dies, the strongest female will simply change her sex and become the new male.\u00a0 I told you this was interesting.\u00a0 The question I have is how did the very first male get there?<\/p>\n
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse Fast Fact – <\/strong>There is a species of Blenny (another small fish) that mimic the Cleaner Wrasse.\u00a0 Once this impostor is accepted by the larger fish they will proceed by ripping off flesh from this unsuspecting client.<\/p>\nI think today’s fact just goes to show how interesting the animal kingdom really is.\u00a0 You have to appreciate the intricacies of all life on this planet.\u00a0 Enjoy the rest of your day folks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yesterday we were lucky enough to hang out with the Monkey’s of Central America.\u00a0 Today we are heading to the coastal portions of the Pacific Ocean, although if you prefer you may also head to the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, the Red Sea or any other sea around Southeast Asia.\u00a0 In all of these places you will have the opportunity to learn about the Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse.\u00a0 Normally these little fish can be found hanging around coral reefs in these shallow coastal areas. The Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse is typically a small sized fish with the average length being about 11 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64,4024],"tags":[348,1294,1296,4025,1297,1295,1298],"yoast_head":"\n
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