bluestreak cleaner wrasse
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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. It is also notable for having potentially passed the mirror test.
Wikipedia contributors, Bluestreak cleaner wrasse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:26:50.717912+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Name authority
- (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Common name
- bluestreak cleaner wrasse
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Labroides
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyJulidinae Bonaparte, 1841
- genusLabroides Bleeker, 1851
- speciesLabroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Labroides. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Labroides pectoralis Randall & Springer, 1975 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labroides phthirophagus Randall, 1958 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bicolor cleaner wrasseLabroides bicolor Fowler & Bean, 1928 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cinnabar Cleaner WrasseLabroides flammulatus Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman, 2026 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Labroides rubrolabiatus Randall, 1958 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Fissilabrus dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Valenciennes, 1839) | synonym |
| Cossyphus dimidiatus Valenciennes, 1839 Valenciennes, 1839 | synonym |
| Labroides dimidatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Valenciennes, 1839) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219014 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3RKVH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.