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title: "Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse"
description: "Labroides dimidiatus — Pesci. The bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) is one of several species of cleaner wrasses found on coral reefs from Eastern Africa and the Red Sea to French Polynesia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bluestreak-cleaner-wrasse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse

> Labroides dimidiatus — Pesci. The bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) is one of several species of cleaner wrasses found on coral reefs from Eastern Africa and the Red Sea to French Polynesia.

- Scientific name: *Labroides dimidiatus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 6422
- Wikidata: [Q2000165](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2000165)
- iNaturalist taxon: [103901](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/103901)

## Names

- en: Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
- de: Gewöhnlicher Putzerlippfisch
- es: Lábrido Limpiador Común
- fr: Labre nettoyeur commun
- nl: Gewone poetslipvis
- pt: Bodião-limpador
- pl: Wargatek sanitarnik

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1077), ID (510), EG (239), FJ (225), MV (218), PH (214), NC (209), TH (184), PF (149), JP (127), MY (124), ZA (93)

## Summary

The bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) is one of several species of cleaner wrasses found on coral reefs from Eastern Africa and the Red Sea to French Polynesia. Like other cleaner wrasses, it eats parasites and dead tissue off larger fishes' skin in a mutualistic relationship that provides food and protection for the wrasse and considerable health benefits for the other fishes. It is also notable for having potentially passed the mirror test.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluestreak_cleaner_wrasse

## Photo

![Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bluestreak-cleaner-wrasse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192567843

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bluestreak-cleaner-wrasse?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).