Labroides

<i>Labroides</i>

Labroides

Genus of fishes

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]

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


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