Cleaner fish feed off the algae fungi and other microorganisms that are found in larger fish. Other species of fish which look like cleaners are able to approach the larger fish and remove large bites of flesh. If the look alike population outnumber the cleaner fish the A. microorganisms on large fish would decrease B. cleaners and mimics would interbreed C. behavior of large fish would change D. cleaner population would increase

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Lamb

Biology

4 September, 11:01

Cleaner fish feed off the algae fungi and other microorganisms that are found in larger fish. Other species of fish which look like cleaners are able to approach the larger fish and remove large bites of flesh. If the look alike population outnumber the cleaner fish the A. microorganisms on large fish would decrease B. cleaners and mimics would interbreed C. behavior of large fish would change D. cleaner population would increase

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Marc Oconnell · Answer 1

The answer is A microorganisms on large fish would decrease when the look alike outnumber the cleaner fish as the look alike will be able to remove large bites of flesh in the larger fish. Hope this is the answer you are looking for.