Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)

Common Cleanerfish

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:fb13885a-d661-4460-a8a1-4af6c97d1006

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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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Description

The Common Cleanerfish is blue to yellow above fading to white or yellow below. There is a black stripe from the eye to the caudal fin margin. The stripe widens posteriorly. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

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Species Lists

Tropical fish sightings on the Far South Coast NSW
General comments: Narooma
Land / Aquatic: Aquatic
Common / Alternate Name: Blue cleaner wrasse
RLS profile v3
Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade
Range: 1660.156
Max_size: 140 mm
IUCN_Threat_status: Least Concern
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea and East Africa to the Line, Marquesan, and Ducie islands and Japan to Lord Howe and Rapa islands.
Common_Name: Cleaner wrasse;Common cleanerfish
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
Frequency: 21.658
Depth: (0–23 m)
Diet: Invertebrates, Plankton, Fishes
Abundance: 3.333
Threats: No major threats to this species are known

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Labroides dimidiatus

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Cossyphus dimidiatus Valenciennes, 1839
Published in: Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1839. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Paris : Levrault Vol. 13 pp. 505 pp. pls 369-388
Labroides paradiseus Bleeker, 1851
Published in: Bleeker, P. 1851. Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van de Banda-eilanden. Natuurwet. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië Vol. 2 pp. 225-261
Labroides bicincta Saville-Kent, 1893
Published in: Saville-Kent, W. 1893. The Great Barrier Reef of Australia; its Products and Potentialities London : W.H. Allen pp. 388 pp. 21 figs 64 pls

Common Names

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Common Cleanerfish
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Blue-streak Cleaner Wrasse
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Blue Streak
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Bridled Beauty
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Cleaner Fish
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Cleaner Wrasse
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Common Cleaner Wrasse
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Gadfly Fish
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Blue Diesel Wrasse
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Bluestreak Cleanerfish
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Cleaner-fish
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Striped Cleaner Wrasse
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Wrasse
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
LABROIDEI
family
LABRIDAE
subfamily
Labrinae
genus
Labroides
species
Labroides dimidiatus  Recorded in Australia

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