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Labroides Dimidiatus Collection

The Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) fearlessly navigates the treacherous waters of dental hygiene

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleans among the sharp teeth of a

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleans among the sharp teeth of a predatory roving coral grouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus) beneath an overhang on a coral reef

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse

Pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) at Monad Shoal off Malapascua Island, Philippines

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) sticking its head into the mouth

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) sticking its head into the mouth of a Red Sea fusilier (Caesio lunaris) during a cleaning session. Small Crack, Sha ab Mahmud, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) just swimming out of mouth of Oblique

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) just swimming out of mouth of Oblique / Diagonal banded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus) whilst cleaning / feeding, New Caledonia. Pacific Ocean

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Harlequin sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides) with cleaning Bluestreak cleaner wrasse

Harlequin sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides) with cleaning Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) and Bicolour cleaner wrasse (Labroides bicolor) South Atoll, Tubbataha Atolls

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: UW INDO 1906 59

UW INDO 1906 59
Emperor Angelfish - being cleaned by a Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus - Pantai Lahar dive site, Seraya, Kubu district, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean Date: 09-Nov-19

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: UW INDO 1905 53

UW INDO 1905 53
Scissortail Fusilier being cleaned by a Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus - Liberty Wreck dive site, Tulamben, Kubu district, Karangasem, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean Date: 09-Nov-19

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Reef manta (Mobula alfredi) female swimming close to a coral reef, while cleaner wrasse

Reef manta (Mobula alfredi) female swimming close to a coral reef, while cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), tiny by comparison, pick parasites from her lips

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) swims out from the gill of a Blue spotted pufferfish

Cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) swims out from the gill of a Blue spotted pufferfish (Arothron caeruleopunctatus). East of Eden, Similan Islands, Thailand. Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: RF - Roving coralgrouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus) is cleaned by Bluestreak cleaner wrasse

RF - Roving coralgrouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus) is cleaned by Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Ras Mohammed Marine Park; Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: RF - Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) tending to Ribboned sweetlips

RF - Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) tending to Ribboned sweetlips (Plectorhinchus polytaenia). Yillet Kecil, Yillet Islands, Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Reticulate humbugs gather under stone coral, Papua New Guinea

Reticulate humbugs gather under stone coral, Papua New Guinea
Reticulate humbugs (Dascyllus reticulatus) gather under stone coral, Fathers reef, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Potato cod (Epinephelus tukula) being cleaned by cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Cod Hole

Potato cod (Epinephelus tukula) being cleaned by cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus), Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia, Pacific

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Dead fish and cleaner wrasse C014 / 2904

Dead fish and cleaner wrasse C014 / 2904
Dead fish and cleaner wrasse. Dead surgeonfish (family Acanthuridae) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) on a reef. Photographed in the Maldives

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Cleaner wrasse cleaning a divers ear

Cleaner wrasse cleaning a divers ear
Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning a divers ear. Due to the huge numbers of divers in Thailand, the wrasses have adapted to cleaning divers as well as the usual fish

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Unicornfish and cleaner wrasse C014 / 2937

Unicornfish and cleaner wrasse C014 / 2937
Unicornfish and cleaner wrasse. Blacktongue unicornfish (Naso hexacanthus) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) on a reef

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Unicornfish and cleaner wrasse C014 / 2936

Unicornfish and cleaner wrasse C014 / 2936
Unicornfish and cleaner wrasse. Blacktongue unicornfish (Naso hexacanthus) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) on a reef

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Cleaner wrasse in gills of squirrelfish

Cleaner wrasse in gills of squirrelfish
A sabre squirrelfish, Sargocentron spiniferum, with two symbiotic cleaner wrasse looking for parasites in gills. Photographed at South Ari Atoll, Maldives

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Moray eel being cleaned by wrasse

Moray eel being cleaned by wrasse
A giant moray eel, Gymnothorax javanicus, with a cleaner wrasse feeding between its teeth. Photographed at North Ari Atoll, Maldives

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Pufferfish with cleaner wrasse

Pufferfish with cleaner wrasse

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Cleaner wrasse cleaning soldierfish

Cleaner wrasse cleaning soldierfish
A bluestreak cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, cleaning anal fin of squirrelfish. Photographed in North Ari Atoll, Maldives

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Powderblue surgeonfish with wrasse

Powderblue surgeonfish with wrasse
A powderblue surgeonfish, Acanthurus leucosternon, having its mouth cleaned by cleaner wrasse Photographed at Ari Atoll, Maldives

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Freckled Goatfish (Upeneus tragula) and Blue-streaked Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)

Freckled Goatfish (Upeneus tragula) and Blue-streaked Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) two adults, swimming, Ambon Island, Maluku Islands, Banda Sea, Indonesia

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Redtoothed triggerfish

Redtoothed triggerfish (Odonus niger, blue) with cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus, yellow and white). Photographed off Bali, Indonesia

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Bignose unicornfish

Bignose unicornfish (Naso vlamingii) being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus). This fish is found in the Indo- Pacific region

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Longbarbel goatfish

Longbarbel goatfish (Parupeneus macronema) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus). This goatfish is found in the Indo- West Pacific region

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Forsskals goatfish

Forsskals goatfish (Parupeneus forsskali) being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus). This goatfish is found in the Indo- West Pacific region

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Longfin spadefish

Longfin spadefish (Platax teira) being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus). The longfin spadefish is also called the tiera batfish

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Shaded batfish

Shaded batfish (Platax pinnatus) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). This is a symbiotic relationship between the two fish

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Blue triggerfish and cleaner wrasse

Blue triggerfish and cleaner wrasse. Blue triggerfish (Pseudobalistes fuscus) with two bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) on it. Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Fusilier and cleaner wrasse

Fusilier and cleaner wrasse. Twinstripe fusilier (Pterocaesio marri) with a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) cleaning the inside of its mouth

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Giant moray eel

Giant moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) with a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). Giant morays are the largest of the moray eels and are widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific region

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Giant moray eel and cleaner wrasse

Giant moray eel and cleaner wrasse
Giant moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) with a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus, by eels mouth). Cleaner wrasses remove parasites from the bodies of other fish

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Golden damselfish and cleaner wrasse

Golden damselfish and cleaner wrasse
Golden damselfish (Amblyglyphidodon aureus, yellow) with a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus). This species of damselfish inhabits reefs in the tropical Indo-Pacific region

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Star pufferfish and cleaner wrasse

Star pufferfish and cleaner wrasse
Star pufferfish (Arothron stellatus) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus, between eyes). Cleaner wrasses remove parasites from the bodies of other fish

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Star pufferfish and cleaner wrasse

Star pufferfish and cleaner wrasse
Star pufferfish (Arothron stellatus) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus, lower left). Cleaner wrasses remove parasites from the bodies of other fish

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Reticulated dascyllus fish

Reticulated dascyllus fish (Dascyllus reticulatus) with a cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) at upper left. Photographed off Rinca, Indonesia

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Feathertail stingray

Feathertail stingray (Pastinachus sephen) with cleaner wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus). Photographed in the Red Sea, Egypt

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Tropical reef fish

Tropical reef fish. Two elongate surgeonfish (Acanthurus mata, large, centre) being cleaned by bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus, striped), amonst a host of other fish on a coral reef

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Pacific mimic surgeonfish

Pacific mimic surgeonfish (Acanthurus pyroferus) being cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) on a coral reef

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Emperor angelfish

Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) with two juvenile blue-streak cleaner wrasses (Labroides dimidiatus). Photographed in the Andaman Sea, Thailand

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Coral hind and cleaner fish

Coral hind and cleaner fish
Coral hind (Cephalopholis miniata) on a coral reef, with a blueline cleanerfish (Labroides dimidiatus, small blue fish). The coral hind is a type of grouper

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Moray Eel & Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides Dimidiatus) - The little wrasse does a soft dance

Moray Eel & Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides Dimidiatus) - The little wrasse does a soft dance on the eel's head to signal
VT-8720 Moray Eel & Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides Dimidiatus) - The little wrasse does a soft dance on the eel's head to signal she is about to start cleaning him. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Doublebar goatfish, Parupeneus bifasciatus, white phase, and cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus

Doublebar goatfish, Parupeneus bifasciatus, white phase, and cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus, Kailua-Kona
Andre Seale / SplashdownDirect

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Giant Moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) with cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)

Giant Moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus) with cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) with corals and sand
Len Deeley / SplashdownDirect

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Pufferfish (Arothron stellatus), with cleanerfish (Labroides dimidiatus) on sandy bottom

Pufferfish (Arothron stellatus), with cleanerfish (Labroides dimidiatus) on sandy bottom, Egyptian Red Sea
Len Deeley / SplashdownDirect

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Giant oray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus), with cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) in mouth

Giant oray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus), with cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) in mouth, coral background
Len Deeley / SplashdownDirect

Background imageLabroides Dimidiatus Collection: Close-up of a Moon grouper (Variola louti) at a cleaning station

Close-up of a Moon grouper (Variola louti) at a cleaning station, getting cleaned by a bluestreak cleaner wrasse
Anna C.J. Segeren / SpecialistStock



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The Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) fearlessly navigates the treacherous waters of dental hygiene, as it fearlessly cleans among the sharp teeth of a Pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus). With its tiny body and vibrant blue stripes, this little fish bravely sticks its head into the mouth of these formidable predators, ensuring their oral health is in top shape. In an astonishing display of trust and symbiosis, we witness a Bluestreak cleaner wrasse just swimming out of the mouth of Oblique, unharmed and victorious in its mission to keep mouths clean. Not limited to sharks alone, this diligent cleaner also tends to other marine creatures. A Harlequin sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides) gracefully poses while being pampered by a cleaning Bluestreak cleaner wrasse. The underwater world comes alive with stunning visuals captured in UW INDO 1906 59 and UW INDO 1905 53 photographs. We are treated to the majestic sight of a Reef manta (Mobula alfredi) female gliding close to a coral reef while being attended by these meticulous cleaners. But it's not just about glamourous encounters; even humble Blue spotted pufferfish receive their fair share of attention from these dedicated cleaners. Witnessing a Cleaner wrasse swim out from the gill region showcases their commitment towards maintaining cleanliness for all inhabitants beneath the waves. Even larger species like Roving coralgrouper (Plectropomus pessuliferus) benefit from this unique relationship as they allow themselves to be cleaned by Bluestreak cleaner wrasses. Ribboned sweetlips also find solace in their care as they tend meticulously to every nook and cranny. Labroides dimidiatus proves itself as an indispensable member of marine ecosystems through its selfless dedication to cleaning duties.