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Updated 12/17/2023

Family Labridae

INDO-PACIFIC

Labroides dimidiatus

Utulei, American Samoa, 20 feet

 

Rainmaker, American Samoa, 40 feet



Vanua Levu, Fiji, 10 feet



Mo'orea, 30 feet


Huahine, 8 feet

   
 

Palau, 10 feet
 

Chibishi, Okinawa, 30 feet
 

Kuata, Fiji, 10 feet
 


 Juvenile, Kuata, Fiji, 6 feet

 


Qamea, Fiji, 10 feet
 
   
   

BLUESTRIPE CLEANER WRASSE

Common as pairs near large coral heads or under ledges at any depth.  Cleans parasites from other fishes.  The mouth is terminal and the dorsal fin starts above the pectoral fin base.  Mimicked by the False Cleanerfish, a blenny.  Populations in French Polynesia may have an orange central zone, or yellow posterior in Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa.  Attains 4.5 inches.  Red Sea to French Polynesia, excluding Hawai'i.