Cleaner fish display intelligence and self-awareness — just like mammals

A shrimp scrap drifted down the face of a mirror, and a small reef fish tracked it like it was watching a slow-motion ...
IFLScience

Cleaner Fish Recognize Themselves In Mirrors, A Capacity Thought Restricted To Some Mammals And Birds

The cleaner fish lifestyle requires exceptional awareness of others, and it seems that translates to self-recognition and ...
Science Daily

Cleaner fish: Tiny healers or hidden spreaders in coral reef ecosystems?

Reef "beauty salons" staffed by tiny cleaner fish aren t just for parasite removal they may also shape the microbial life of the entire ecosystem. A fascinating new study shows these bustling fish ...
Forbes

Meet One Of The Only Fish Ever Reported To Pass A Self-Awareness Test. Hint: It’s Smaller Than Your Finger

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. For decades, self-awareness has been guarded as a very ...