Labroides
Appearance
Labroides | |
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Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (L. dimidiatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Labridae |
Genus: | Labroides Bleeker, 1851 |
Type species | |
Labroides paradiseus Bleeker, 1851[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Labroides is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This genus is collectively known as cleaner wrasses, and its species are cleaner fish.[3]
Species[edit]
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Labroides bicolor Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (bicolor cleaner wrasse)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Labroides_bicolor_en_train_de_d%C3%A9parasiter_Mulloidichthys_flavolineatus.jpg/220px-Labroides_bicolor_en_train_de_d%C3%A9parasiter_Mulloidichthys_flavolineatus.jpg)
- Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (bluestreak cleaner wrasse)
- Labroides pectoralis J. E. Randall & V. G. Springer, 1975 (blackspot cleaner wrasse)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Blackspot_cleaner_wrasse_%28Labroides_pectoralis%29_%2843688813221%29.jpg/220px-Blackspot_cleaner_wrasse_%28Labroides_pectoralis%29_%2843688813221%29.jpg)
- Labroides phthirophagus J. E. Randall, 1958 (Hawaiian cleaner wrasse)
- Labroides rubrolabiatus J. E. Randall, 1958 (redlip cleaner wrasse)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Labroides_rubrolabiatus.png/220px-Labroides_rubrolabiatus.png)
References[edit]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Labroides". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Labroides in FishBase. August 2013 version.