Labroides dimidiatus
Taxonomical systematics
Scientific name
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Synonyms
Cossyphus dimidiatus Valenciennes, 1839
Common names
Cleaner Wrasse, Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, Pacific Cleaner Wrasse
Genus
Labroides
Family
Labridae
Order
Perciformes
Class
Actinopterygii
Phylum
Chordata
Local ecology
Distribution
Oceania, Tropical Western Pacific, Great Barrier Reef, Northern and Western Indian Ocean, Red Sea. (Found in Sydney)
Biological characteristics
Maximum size
12cm TL
Wild foods
Most of the diet (77-85%) of wild cleaner wrasse on a reef is made up of junvenile gnathiid isopods, with fish scales, parasitic and non-parasitic copepods making up the rest (Grutter, 2000).
Adult cleaner wrasse, L. dimidiatus, in aquarium.
Sub-adult cleaner wrasse, L. dimidiatus, in aquarium showing a mix of juvenile and adult colouration.
Juvenile (~12 mm TL) cleaner wrasse, L. dimidiatus, in aquarium.
References
Grutter A.S. 2000. Ontogenetic variation in the diet of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus and its ecological consequences. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 197:241-246.
Links
http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00442/bibs/7111001/71110137.htm