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Cleaning of coral reef fishes by the humbug damselfish Dascyllus aruanus

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This work was supported by grants (T.0192.20–PDR) from the F.R.S.–FNRS (Belgium) with additional support provided by the US National Science Foundation award No. OIA-1946352, RII Track-1: Guam Ecosystems Collaboratorium for Corals and Oceans (GECCO) for field work conducted on Guam.

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  1. Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Morphology, FOCUS, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

    Eric Parmentier & Marine Banse

  2. University of Guam Marine Laboratory, UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam, 96923, USA

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EP and MB conceived and designed the research and conducted video footage. EP conducted the analysis. EP, TD and MB wrote and approved the manuscript.

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Parmentier, E., Donaldson, T. & Banse, M. Cleaning of coral reef fishes by the humbug damselfish Dascyllus aruanus. Mar. Biodivers. 52, 39 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01275-3

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