Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
Labroides dimidiatus
This specie of cleaner wrasse is the most common in French Polynesia.
Photo: John Hoover
Labroides dimidiatus
We can find it in corellian zones between 3 and 130 feet deep.
Photo: John Hoover
Labroides dimidiatus
It has a white body and a black band on top with a blue streak in the middle of its back that extends from its head to its tail.
Photo: John Hoover
Labroides dimidiatus
It eats minuscule, parasite crustaceans that are found in other fish, hence its name “cleaner”.
Photo: John Hoover
Labroides dimidiatus
Fish present themselves at cleaning “stations” to benefit from the cleaning.
Photo: John Hoover
Tahitian names
Po'ou
Interesting facts
This specie of cleaner wrasse is the most common in French Polynesia. We can find it in corellian zones between 3 and 130 feet deep. It has a white body and a black band on top with a blue streak in the middle of its back that extends from its head to its tail. It eats minuscule, parasite crustaceans that are found in other fish, hence its name “cleaner”. Inhabitants of the lagoon recognize the work that this wrasse does and do not hesitate to present themselves at the doors of cleaning “stations” to benefit from the cleaning without which, many would die of infection.
sources & credits
- Guide des poissons de Tahiti et ses îles, Indo-Pacific Fish conference Tahiti 2017, P. Bachet, T. Zysman, Y. Lefèvre, Au vent des îles
- DORIS - Labroides dimidiatus
- FishBase - Labroides dimidiatus