Family Labridae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes | |
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Similar Labroides, Bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Saddle wrasse, Labroides bicolor, Novaculichthys taeniourus |
New hawaiian cleaner wrasse
The Hawaiian cleaner wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) is a species of wrasse (genus Labroides) found in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. The fish is endemic to Hawaii. These cleaner fish inhabit coral reefs setting up a territory referred to as cleaning stations. They obtain a diet of small crustacean parasites by removing them from other reef fish in a symbiotic manner.
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