Labroides phthirophagus Hawaiian cleaner wrasse

Labroides phthirophagusis commonly referred to as Hawaiian cleaner wrasse. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Labroides phthirophagus
German:: Hawaii Putzerlippfisch
English:: Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse

Category:: Wrasses

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Labroides (Genus) > phthirophagus (Species)
Initial determination:: Randall, 1958

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Endemic species, Hawaii, Johnston Atoll
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 90 Meter
Size:: 4.33" - 4.72" (11cm - 12,7cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 28,8 °F (22°C - 28,8°C)
Food:: Brine Shrimps, Frozen Food (large sort), Krill, Mysis
Tank:: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
Difficulty:: Not for beginners
Offspring:: Possible to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Labroides cf. dimidiatus
Putzerlippfisch

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-08-26 21:54:58
Last edit:: 2018-12-31 14:20:22

Captive breeding / propagation

The offspring of Labroides phthirophagus are possible. Unfortunately, the number of offspring is not large enough to cover the demand of the trade. If you are interested in Labroides phthirophagus, please ask your dealer for offspring. If you already own Labroides phthirophagus, try breeding yourself. This will help to improve the availability of offspring in the trade and to conserve natural stocks.

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Randall, 1958

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Labroides (Genus)

Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.

https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html

A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!

Scientific paper

Preference for Ectoparasite-Infected Host Fishes by the Hawaiian Cleaning Wrasse, Labroides phthirophagus (Labridae), Dennis L. Gorlick, 1984
Ingestion of Host Fish Surface Mucus by the Hawaiian Cleaning Wrasse, Labroides phthirophagus (Labridae), and Its Effect on Host Species Preference, Dennis L. Gorlick, 1980
Aspects of the Ecology and Ethology of the Cleaning Fish, Labroides phthirophagus Randall, Marsh J. Youngbluth, 1968

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Hippocampus Bildarchiv (de) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Reefs (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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am 26.07.06#1

Hab 2 exemplare durch zufall gefunden und bin zufrieden, sie gewöhnen sich schnell ans Becken und sehen echt toll aus.

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