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Labroides
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse
(L. dimidiatus)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • 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.[3]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

A bicolor cleaner wrasse (L. bicolor) cleaning a yellow stripe goatfish.
Species Common Name Image
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

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Labroides". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Labroides". FishBase. August 2013 version.