Labroides
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Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (L. dimidiatus) | |
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Genus: | Labroides Bleeker, 1851
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Labroides paradiseus Bleeker, 1851
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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.[1]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Labroides bicolor Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (bicolor cleaner wrasse)
- Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (bluestreak cleaner wrasse)
- Labroides pectoralis J. E. Randall & V. G. Springer, 1975 (blackspot cleaner wrasse)
- Labroides phthirophagus J. E. Randall, 1958 (Hawaiian cleaner wrasse)
- Labroides rubrolabiatus J. E. Randall, 1958 (redlip cleaner wrasse)
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Labroides". FishBase. August 2013 version.