Labroides dimidiatus
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| Common Name | |
| Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse | |
| Binomial Name | |
| Labroides dimidiatus | |
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| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Labroides |
| Species: | dimidiatus |
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Common Names
- Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
- Cleaner Wrasse
Characteristics
Description
Information about the body shape, skeletal characteristics, how it appears, colouring etc.
Similar Species
Any species that look similar to this one, that may be mixed up.
Maximum Size
Something about what size the it grows to in the wild, plus in captivity.
Associated Organisms
Anything that lives in symbiosis, parasitic or opportunistically with it.
Behaviour
Notes about what they do, how they interact with others, different species etc.
Captive Care
Tank Size
The size of tank suitable for it, including reasoning behind this judgment.
Water Flow
Type and amount of water flow suitable for it.
Lighting
How much lighting is required for it.
Feeding
Despite what many hobbyists may claim, cleaner wrasses are quite a hardy species once they adapt to captivity and start feeding. In the wild they mainly feed on the parasitic larvae of gnathiid isopods which they pick off other fish. The biggest mistake hobbyists make is to assume that they will only feed on parasites and little effort is made to get them to feed on prepared foods. Most will start feeding in captivity on newly hatched brine shrimp and then can be weaned onto other foods such as minced prawn or mussel meat.
Growth Rate
How quickly it will grow under various conditions.
Diseases
Things that adversely effect it, such as bacterial infections, parasites etc.
Other
Addition things / items that are important for care in captivity.
Gallery
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Cleaning juvenile Acanthurus coeruleus -
Cleaning Cirrhilabrus lineatus -
Cleaning Zebrasoma xanthurum, Purple Tang.
Compatibility
Fish
A cleaner wrasse can make a nice addition to any tank but they should only be kept singularly. If two are added to the same tank they are likely to fight until one is dead.
Coral
Does it have coral that it is not compatible with?
Invertebrate
Is it compatible with other invertebrates such as molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms?
Reproduction
Sex, are protogynous hermaphrodite, meaning start life as female then develop into male later in life.
Local Ecology
Distribution
Which oceans and reefs it is found.
Habitat
Where it is found on the natural reefs, the reef zone.
Additional Information
They are not effective in controlling parasites such as Cryptocaryon or Amyloodinium.
Resources
Labroides dimidatus - FishBase
