Saltwater
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse
Labroides dimidiatus
Labridae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 14 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 73 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in American Samoa, Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Comoros, and 50 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Inhabits coral rich areas of inner lagoons and subtidal reef flats to seaward reefs. Feeds on crustacean ectoparasites and mucus of other fishes. Monogamous. A protogynous hermaphrodite. Stays in stations where other fish come to be cleaned. Cleaning intensity is not related to client size or commonness. Cleaning stations are occupied by a pair of adults, a group of juveniles or a group of females accompanied by a dominant male where a female becomes a functional male if the dominant male disappears. Some adults solitary and territorial. An unfamiliar visitor is usually greeted by dance-like movements with the tail maneuvering the back part of the body up and down. Juveniles behave this way when divers approach closely. Minimum depth range of 1 meter in Ref. 27115.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Cossyphus dimidiatus
- Labroides dimidatus
In other languages
- Blå putsarfisk
- Almindelig pudsefisk
- Puhdistaja
- Blue diesel wrasse, Blue streak, Blue-streak cleaner wrasse, Bluestreak cleanerfish, Bridled beauty, Cleaner fish, Cleaner wrasse, Cleaner wrasses, Cleanerfish, Common cleaner wrasse, Common cleanerfish, Gadfly fish, Wrasse
Articles
All articles
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.