2. About Cleaning fish
• Size: 10 cm
Habitat: Indo-Pacific coral reefs, from Queensland
and the South Seas to the Red Sea
• This fish is more commonly known as the blue
streak wrasse.
• FAMILY: Labridae (wrasses)
GENUS/SPECIES: Labroides dimidiatus
3. Design
• This fish is called a cleaner fish because it
attracts larger fish to its cleaning station
where the larger fish are cleaned.
• The cleaner fish enters the other fish’s mouth
and gill openings to remove parasites and
diseased tissue.
• This important role is uniquely given to this
animal by its Creator to supply it with food, as
well as other fish with a “doctor.”
4. Features
• The smooth, elongated body of the cleaner
fish has very small scales that are brilliant blue
with a band of black that runs from the snout
to the tail.
• This fish has a small mouth with protruding
lips and teeth.
5. Fun Facts
• The cleaner fish will actually go to sleep at
night. It retires to a small hole in the reef and
sometimes covers itself with mucus.
• They have ability for a female fish to change
into a male
