Lemon Shark 🍋🦈

The lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) allows young and small sharksuckers (Echeneis naucrates) to enter its mouth for cleaning, letting them remove food particles from between its upper teeth. However, it occasionally chases and consumes larger, older sharksuckers, possibly due to irritation.

Related researches:
"Mouth Cleaning of Lemon Sharks, Negaprion brevirostris, by Sharksuckers, Echeneis naucrates" Erich K. Ritter & Raid W. Amin
"From Mutualistic Partner to Hunted Prey?" Erich K. Ritter

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