Showing posts with label Cleaner Wrasse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cleaner Wrasse. Show all posts

Redlip Cleaner Wrasse

Scientific Name: Labroides rubrolabiatus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: Variable from yellow to white head and brown body, black tail with blue borders; dark stripe from snout onto body and narrower stripe from head to dorsal fin base.
Favourite: Solitary cleaner; swim with jerky motion to attract clients.
Hide-out: Coral reefs in 2-25m.
Location: Central Pacific - Fiji to Line Is. and Ducie I. east of French Polynesia.

Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse

Scientific Name: Labroides dimidiatus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 11.5cm
Identification: White to yellowish head and forebody becomes bluish toward tail; stripe from snout becomes progressively wider toward tail.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs; establish cleaning stations, swim with jerky motion to attract clients.
Hide-out: Coral reefs in 2-40m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E.Africa to Ducie I. east of French Polynesia. S.Japan to Australia.

Blackspot Cleaner Wrasse

Scientific Name: Labroides pectoralis
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 8cm
Identification: Yellow head and back, white belly; dark stripe from snout becomes progressively wider toward tail, black spot below pectoral fin.
Favourite: Solitary cleaner; swim with jerky motion to attract clients.
Hide-out: Coral reefs in 2-28m.
Location: East Indo-Pacific - Cocos-Keeling to Line Is. and Pitcairn Is. east of French Polynesia. Bonin Is. in S.Japan to Australia.

Bicolor Cleaner Wrasse

Scientific Name: Labroides bicolor
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 14cm
Identification: Slender; blue lips gradating to black forebody, pale yellow to white rear body and tail; blue crescent on tail.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs; cleaner, swim with jerky motion to attract clients.
Hide-out: Coral reefs in 2-25m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - E.Africa to Micronesia, Line Is. and French Polynesia. S.Japan to east Australia and L.Howe I.