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

FishBase

http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00442/bibs/7111001/71110137.htm