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Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse
Labroides phthirophagus
The Hawaiian cleaner wrasse (Labroides phthirophagus) is a species of wrasse (genus Labroides) found in the waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. The fish is endemic to Hawaii. These cleaner fish inhabit coral reefs setting up a territory referred to as cleaning stations. They obtain a diet of small crustacean parasites by removing them from other reef fish in a symbiotic manner.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 103903.