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Hawaiian cleaner wrasse

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Kingdom
  
Family
  
Labridae

Scientific name
  
Labroides phthirophagus

Rank
  
Species

Genus
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

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Labroides, Bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Saddle wrasse, Labroides bicolor, Novaculichthys taeniourus

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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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Hawaiian cleaner wrasses


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Hawaiian cleaner wrasse Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse Labroides phthirophagus

Hawaiian cleaner wrasse Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse Labroides phthirophagus

Hawaiian cleaner wrasse Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse Labroides phthirophagus

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Hawaiian cleaner wrasse Wikipedia