Labroides
Labroides | |
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Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (L. dimidiatus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Labridae |
Tribe: | Julidini |
Genus: | Labroides Bleeker, 1851 |
Type species | |
Labroides paradiseus Bleeker, 1851[1] | |
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]

Species | Common Name | Image |
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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
[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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Labroides". FishBase. August 2013 version.