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Labridae

155 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Labridae

Labroides phthirophagus Randall, 1958

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

Labropsis australis Randall, 1981

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

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.

Ophthalmolepis lineolata (Valenciennes, 1839)

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

Parajulis poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)

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

Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904)

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

Stethojulis albovittata (Bonnaterre, 1788)

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

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.

Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851)

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

Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett, 1833)

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

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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