Bluestreak cleaner wrasse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the bluestreak cleaner wrasse lives – recorded in 22 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Labroides dimidiatus
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	22 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Labriformes
Family	Labridae

Where does the bluestreak cleaner wrasse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the bluestreak cleaner wrasse in 22 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: South China Sea.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the bluestreak cleaner wrasse endangered?

The bluestreak cleaner wrasse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the bluestreak cleaner wrasse?

The bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) is a ray-finned fish in the order Labriformes and the family Labridae, genus Labroides. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bluestreak cleaner wrasse

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 in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (revision 1372558420), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2000165 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).