Green Sea Turtle being cleaned by reef fish

Endangered species, Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, being cleaned by Yellow Tang, Zebrasoma flavescens, Gold-ring Surgeonfish, Ctenochaetus strigosus, and endemic Saddle Wrasse, Thalassoma duperrey, off Kona Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean

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reptile reptilia Testudines turtle Chelonioidea sea turtle Cheloniidae Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle endangered threatened species underwater USA U.S.A. US U.S. United States Of America Hawaii Hawai`i Big Island Kona Kailua Kona Kailua-Kona behavior behavioral symbiosis mutualism cleaning Osteichthyes fish bony fish Actinopterygii Acanthuridae surgeonfish Zebrasoma flavescens Yellow Tang Iau-i-pala Ctenochaetus strigosus Gold-ring Surgeonfish Goldring Kole Labridae wrasse Thalassoma duperrey Saddle Wrasse Hinalea Lau-wili endemic species

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