Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse

The bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) is one of several species of cleaner wrasses found on coral reefs from Eastern Africa and the Red Sea to French Polynesia. Like other cleaner wrasses, it eats parasites and dead tissue off larger fishes' skin in a mutualistic relationship that provides food and protection for the wrasse and considerable health benefits for the other fishes. It is also notable for having potentially passed the mirror test.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Elacatinus oceanops
• Aspidontus taeniatus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Labriformes

Family

Labridae

Genus

Labroides

Species

Labroides dimidiatus

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