''Labroides'' is a

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wrasse The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into 9 subgroups or tribes. They are typically small, most of them le ...

s native to the

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and

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Oceans. This genus is collectively known as cleaner wrasses, and its species are

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Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''

Labroides bicolor ''Labroides bicolor'' is a species of wrasse endemic to the Indo-Pacific, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean and is known by various names including bicolor cleanerfish, bicolor cleaner wrasse, bicolored cleaner wrasse, bicolour cleaner wrasse, clea ...

'' Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (bicolor cleaner wrasse) * ''

Labroides dimidiatus 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 o ...

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, 1839) (bluestreak cleaner wrasse) * '' Labroides pectoralis'' J. E. Randall & V. G. Springer, 1975 (blackspot cleaner wrasse) * '' Labroides phthirophagus'' J. E. Randall, 1958 (Hawaiian cleaner wrasse) * '' Labroides rubrolabiatus'' J. E. Randall, 1958 (redlip cleaner wrasse)

References

Labridae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Labridae-stub