Labroides

Labroides
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (L. dimidiatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Subfamily:	Julidinae
Genus:	Labroides Bleeker, 1851
Type species
Labroides paradiseus Bleeker, 1851 [1]
Synonyms [2]
FissilabrusKner, 1860 FowlerellaJ. 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. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Labroides". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 13 January 2020.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 13 January 2020.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Labroides". FishBase . August 2013 version.