Cinnabar Cleaner Wrasse
Labroides flammulatus Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman, 2026
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Labroides flammulatus Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman, 2026
- Name authority
- Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman, 2026
- Common name
- Cinnabar 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 flammulatus Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman, 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|
| bluestreak cleaner wrasseLabroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| 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 |
| Labroides rubrolabiatus Randall, 1958 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Tea, Y.-K.; Baraf, L.; Menkara, Y.; Ludt, W.B.; Allen, G.R.; Hobbs, J.-P. A.; Cowman, P.F. (2026). Cleaning up the cleaner wrasses: revision of the Labroides phthirophagus and Labroides bicolor species complexes, with rediagnosis of Labroides quadrilineatus and descriptions of two new species (Teleostei: Labridae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 74: 403–443. https://doi.org/10.26107/rbz-2026-0027 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:VGC2N. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.