Labroides

Labroides
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (L. dimidiatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Labroides
Bleeker, 1851
Type species
Labroides paradiseus
Bleeker, 1851[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Fissilabrus Kner, 1860
  • Fowlerella J. 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]

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Labroides". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference FishBase was invoked but never defined (see the help page).