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Labroides
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (L. dimidiatus)
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Labroides

Bleeker, 1851
Type species
Labroides paradiseus
Bleeker, 1851
Synonyms
  • Fissilabrus Kner, 1860
  • Fowlerella J. L. B. Smith, 1957

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.[1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

A bicolor cleaner wrasse (Labroides bicolor) cleaning Mulloidichthys flavolineatus.

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Labroides". FishBase. August 2013 version.