Biology:Crimson cleaner fish

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Crimson cleaner fish
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male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Suezichthys
Species:
S. aylingi
Binomial name
Suezichthys aylingi
B. C. Russell, 1985

The crimson cleaner fish (Suezichthys aylingi), or butcher's dick in Australia,[2] is a species of wrasse native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean around Australia and New Zealand. This species inhabits patches of sand on reefs at depths of from 6 to 100 metres (20 to 328 ft). It is a cleaner fish. Males of this species can reach a length of 11.7 centimetres (4.6 in) SL while females only reach 8.6 centimetres (3.4 in).[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2560027 entry