Labroides
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (L. dimidiatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
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 (Labroides bicolor) cleaning Mulloidichthys flavolineatus.
L. pectoralis
  • Labroides phthirophagus J. E. Randall, 1958 (Hawaiian cleaner wrasse)
  • Labroides rubrolabiatus J. E. Randall, 1958 (redlip cleaner wrasse)
L. rubrolabiatus

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. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Labroides in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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