This is a picture of a cleaner shrimp in a fish tank that also contains fish. This picture represents mutualism. Mutualism is a mutual relationship between two species where both benefit from interactions with one other. The cleaner shrimp's diet consists of parasites that are present on some fish. The cleaner shrimp feeds off of the fish, thus keeping the fish safe from parasites while the shrimp gets the nutrients needed to survive.
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