doctor fish
nibble fish
kangal fish
bonefish
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Doctor fish, fish that provide a cleaning service to humans.

The footbath contains over 50 small 'doctor fish' who just love nibbling at the dead skin on your feet.

My friend got the fish nibbling at your skin treatment done in Malaysia, she thinks it was called doctor fish.

Doctor fish is the name given to the species of fish Garra rufa.

The doctor fish of Kangal (Turkey) also belongs into this genus.

Folklore has it that this slime cured any sick fish that rubbed against it, and from this belief arose the name doctor fish.

In 2008, the first widely known doctor fish pedicure service was opened in the United States in Alexandria, Virginia, and later in Woodbridge, Virginia.

While the doctor fish treatment has been shown to alleviate the symptoms of psoriasis, they are not meant as a curative treatment, as no cure for psoriasis currently exists.

In Turkey, Croatia (Altermedica) & Ireland, doctor fish which live in the outdoor pools of spas, are encouraged to feed on the psoriatic skin of people with psoriasis.

That is just about the time Chris Henry is pulling into the Bronx Terminal Market to choose his fresh catch of the day - maybe doctor fish or parrot fish, grouper, snapper or a half-dozen others - for his year-old restaurant, Caribbean Affair.

The highlights are a barracuda, a green turtle and a large shoal of doctor fish, very smart in navy blue with turquoise trim; and there's a gorgeous garden of corals, the soft fan corals waving up at us through staghorn and brain and branch.

The tench or doctor fish (Tinca tinca) is a freshwater and brackish water fish of the cyprinid (commonly called 'carp') family found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers.

On 6 December 2006, Underwater World Singapore launched three new attractions-an interactive stingray feeding pool, a display of small marine reef species, and 'Fish Reflexology', Singapore's first fish reflexology spa, where two species of doctor fish gently nibble away at the dead skin on visitors' feet.

Other nicknames include nibble fish, kangal fish, physio fish, and doctorfishen; in non-medical contexts, Garra rufa is called the reddish log sucker.

Though they might be trying to lure Parridge, because he might know too much about Lenville, they wouldn't be totally disappointed if they saw Cranston as the nibbling fish.

The most widely known form of icthyotherapy is used in the treatment of skin conditions and involves the Garra rufa, commonly known as Doctor Fish or Nibble Fish.

The benefits were first observed in Kangal, Turkey - therefore it is also called the Kangal Fish.

Cyprinion macrostomum, also known as the kangal fish, is a ray-finned cyprinid It is native to Iran, Syria and Turkey.

Other nicknames include nibble fish, kangal fish, physio fish, and doctorfishen; in non-medical contexts, Garra rufa is called the reddish log sucker.

A hard strike and the bonefish did what it is famous for.

I was determined to help my wife, Lisa, find her first bonefish.

Sure enough, the bonefish settled down and started feeding again.

There can be little doubt that Bonefish was sunk in this action.

Since then, life for the bonefish has been, well, hectic.

The senator fell into step beside me while some of Bonefish's smaller children followed at a safe distance.

He said it would take considerable time to tow the Bonefish into port.

If one is really into fishing, bonefish and tarpon are the real sport here.

The albacore took off with a blazing run like a bonefish.

Bonefish went deep once again and rigged for the depth charges, 25 in all.

I fish the Florida Keys for bonefish at least once a year.

Once the machine had disappeared behind the trees Bonefish shook his head sadly.

The slender body of the bonefish is silver, with a blue to green tinted back.

Tarpon and bonefish are caught on both coasts of Florida.

Anderson had spent years on the famous bonefish grounds of the Bahamas.

A bonefish habit (and a small fortune) can lead you to some of the most exotic places in the world.

The diving is great, but my hand surgeon says the bonefish are better in the Bahamas.

Yes, there were some bonefish tailing across the grass, feeding.

When her pursuers left the area, so did Bonefish.

Too much sun for stripers, not enough sun to see bonefish.

You are not just hidden there, unless you're a local angling guide, or perhaps a bonefish.

It is when you touch bonefish that the encounter is made complete.

A few minutes after that, a three-pound bonefish lay in my hands, exhausted.

There is an almost indescribable elegance about that first run of a big bonefish.

I have watched him come and they meet down the beach near that small cove where the bonefish are."

Garra Rufa fish are tiny carp that nibble and remove dead skin from humans.

Customers place their feet into the fish tank and the Garra Rufa fish remove the calloused skin.

The most widely known form of icthyotherapy is used in the treatment of skin conditions and involves the Garra rufa, commonly known as Doctor Fish or Nibble Fish.

It's nibbling satire, delivered by Garra Rufa fish...The Thick of It is a lot more entertaining...I don't think that politicians were removing their shoes, rolling up their trousers and queuing up for cameos in The Thick of It".

The misleading information perpetrated by those who utilize Garra rufa in profitable ventures is that the Garra rufa actually eat dead skin but this is not strictly true, the filtration systems of tanks that have been analyzed have been shown to capture the skin.