Bicolor Cleanerfish (species: Labroides bicolor) in Cook Islands (Gaia Guide)
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Labroides bicolor
Bicolor Cleanerfish


©Lyle Vail: Labroides bicolor at No Name Reef

©Dennis Polack: Bicolor Cleanerfish (Labroides bicolor)

©Anne: A pair of Bicolor Cleanerfish at No Name Reef near Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Labridae
Genus Labroides
Species Labroides bicolor

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Colours

              

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 15 cm (Total Length)

Depth range

  • Up to 20 m

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Occurs in lagoon and seaward reefs (FishBase).

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References

  • Cheney, K.L., A.S. Grutter, S.P. Blomberg and N.J. Marshall (2009). Blue and yellow signal cleaning behaviour in coral reef fishes, Current Biology, 19: 1283-1287. LIRS catalog number 1240.
  • Jones, C.M., A.S. Grutter and T.H. Cribb (2004). Cleaner fish become hosts: a novel form of parasite transmission, Coral Reefs, 23: 521-529. LIRS catalog number 904.
  • Smit, N.J., A.S. Grutter, R.D. Adlard and A.J. Davies (2006). Hematozoa of teleosts from Lizard Island, Australia, with some comments on their possible mode of transmission and the description of a new hemogregarine species, Journal of Parasitology, 92: 778-788. LIRS catalog number 991.
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