Bluestreak cleaner wrasse

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Labroides
Species:
L. dimidiatus
Binomial name
Labroides dimidiatus
(Valenciennes, 1839)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cossyphus dimidiatus Valenciennes, 1839
  • Labroides paradiseus Bleeker, 1851
  • Callyodon ikan Montrouzier, 1857
  • Labroides bicincta Saville-Kent, 1893
  • Labroides caeruleolineatus Fowler, 1945

The bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) is one of several species of cleaner wrasses found on coral reefs from Eastern Africa and the Red Sea to French Polynesia. Like other cleaner wrasses, it eats parasites and dead tissue off larger fishes' skin in a mutualistic relationship that provides food and protection for the wrasse, and considerable health benefits for the other fishes.[3][4][5] It is also notable for having potentially passed the mirror test, though this is not without controversy.[6][7][8][9]

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  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). Labroides "Species in the genus 'Labroides'". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. ^ Côté, I.M. (2000). "Evolution and ecology of cleaning symbioses in the sea". Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. 38 (1): 311–355.
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  5. ^ Sims, C.A.; Riginos, C.; Blomberg, S.P.; Huelsken, T.; Drew, J.; Grutter, A.S. (2013). "Cleaning up the biogeography of Labroides dimidiatus using phylogenetics and morphometrics". Coral Reefs. 33: 223–233. doi:10.1007/s00338-013-1093-2. S2CID 17804061.
  6. ^ Kobayashi, Taiga; Kohda, Masanori; Awata, Satoshi; Bshary, Redouan; Sogawa, Shumpei (2024-09-11). "Cleaner fish with mirror self-recognition capacity precisely realize their body size based on their mental image". Scientific Reports. 14 (1): 20202. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-70138-7. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 11390716.
  7. ^ Kohda, Masanori; Bshary, Redouan; Kubo, Naoki; Awata, Satoshi; Sowersby, Will; Kawasaka, Kento; Kobayashi, Taiga; Sogawa, Shumpei (2023-02-14). "Cleaner fish recognize self in a mirror via self-face recognition like humans". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (7): e2208420120. Bibcode:2023PNAS..12008420K. doi:10.1073/pnas.2208420120. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 9963968. PMID 36745814.
  8. ^ Kohda, Masanori; Hotta, Takashi; Takeyama, Tomohiro; Awata, Satoshi; Tanaka, Hirokazu; Asai, Jun-ya; Jordan, Alex L. (2019-02-07). "If a fish can pass the mark test, what are the implications for consciousness and self-awareness testing in animals?". PLOS Biology. 17 (2): e3000021. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000021. ISSN 1545-7885. PMC 6366756. PMID 30730878.
  9. ^ Devlin, Hannah (2019-02-07). "Scientists find some fish can 'recognise themselves' in mirror". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-09-11.