Question

a cleaner wrasse, a type of cleaner fish, helps the barracuda by removing parasites, dead skin, and infected tissue from their body. the cleaner wrasse benefits from this relationship because they are provided a food source. which of the following is the type of symbiosis represented in this example? parasitism mutualism competition commensalism

Explanation:

• Parasitism: One organism benefits at the expense of the other. Here, both benefit, so not parasitism.
• Mutualism: Both organisms benefit. Cleaner wrasse gets food (benefit), barracuda gets cleaned (benefit).
• Competition: Organisms compete for resources. Not the case here.
• Commensalism: One benefits, the other is neither helped nor harmed. But here both benefit.

Answer:

Mutualism