Labridae

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Animalia Chordata Perciformes Labridae
Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse

Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse

Labroides phthirophagus Randall, 1958

Labroides phthirophagus, the Hawaiian cleaner wrasse, is an endemic reef fish that cleans ectoparasites from other fish.

Southern Tubelip

Southern Tubelip

Labropsis australis Randall, 1981

Southern tubelip (Labropsis australis) is a southwest Pacific wrasse that lives in coral reef environments.

Fourline Wrasse

Fourline Wrasse

Larabicus quadrilineatus (Rüppell, 1835)

Larabicus quadrilineatus, the four-line wrasse, is the only member of its wrasse genus, native to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

Southern Maori Wrasse

Southern Maori Wrasse

Ophthalmolepis lineolata (Valenciennes, 1839)

Ophthalmolepis lineolata is a 40 cm Indian Ocean Australian endemic wrasse, the only member of its genus.

Multicolorfin Rainbowfish

Multicolorfin Rainbowfish

Parajulis poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)

Parajulis poecilepterus is a single-genus wrasse species native to the northwestern Pacific with multiple human uses.

Smalltail Wrasse

Smalltail Wrasse

Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904)

Pseudojuloides cerasinus is a small reef fish species known only from the seas around Hawaii.

Whiteline Wrasse

Whiteline Wrasse

Stethojulis albovittata (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Stethojulis albovittata is a diurnal reef-dwelling Indian Ocean wrasse that feeds on small invertebrates.

Belted Wrasse

Belted Wrasse

Stethojulis balteata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Stethojulis balteata, the Belted Wrasse or ʻOmaka, is a small Hawaiian wrasse with distinct bright patterning that has traditional cultural significance to Native Hawaiians.

Redshoulder Wrasse

Redshoulder Wrasse

Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851)

Stethojulis bandanensis, the red-shoulder wrasse, is a reef-associated marine wrasse from the Indo-Pacific region.

Three-line Wrasse

Three-line Wrasse

Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett, 1833)

Stethojulis strigiventer is a species of marine wrasse found across a broad Indo-Pacific range in shallow coastal habitats.

Blue-ribbon Wrasse

Blue-ribbon Wrasse

Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Stethojulis trilineata is a small Indo-West Pacific wrasse species with distinct coloration for females and males.

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