Labroides is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This genus is collectively known as cleaner wrasses, and its species are cleaner fish.
Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: +SpeciesCommon nameImageLabroides bicolor Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928bicolor cleaner wrasseLabroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)bluestreak cleaner wrasseLabroides flammulatus (Tea, Y. K, 2026)Tea, Y. K., Baraf, L., Menkara, Y., Ludt, W. B., Allen, G. R., Hobbs, J. P. A., & Cowman, P. F. (2026). Cleaning up the cleaner wrasses: revision of the Labroides phthirophagus and Labroides bicolor species complexes, with rediagnosis of Labroides quadrilineatus and descriptions of two new species (Teleostei: Labridae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 74, 403–443. https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2026-0027Labroides inopinatus (Tea, Y. K, 2026)Labroides pectoralis J. E. Randall & V. G. Springer, 1975blackspot cleaner wrasseLabroides phthirophagus J. E. Randall, 1958Hawaiian cleaner wrasseLabroides rubrolabiatus J. E. Randall, 1958redlip cleaner wrasse References