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Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Scientific name: Labroides dimidiatus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Chordata → Subphylum Vertebrata → Infraphylum Gnathostomata → Parvphylum Osteichthyes → Gigaclass Actinopterygii → Class Actinopteri → Subclass Teleostei → Order Eupercaria → Family Labridae → Genus Labroides

Common name: Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
Locations: Indo-Pacific
Group: Marine LifeFishWrasses

Fish will visit the wrasse's territory and hold still to be cleaned. I've got a whole page of pictures of bluestreak cleaner wrasse cleaning other fish (and me!)

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Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Wrasse after cleaning my wife's ear
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Cleaning my wife's hand
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
Labroides dimidiatus (Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse)
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