Labroides dimidiatus (Common cleaner)

Cleaner fish specializes in the exhausting of other fish which it gets rid of their ectoparasites. It is wrapped in a mucous "cocoon" for the night. The latter disintegrates each time the fish leaves him, which forces him to secrete one every night. If his interspecific relationships are good, it is not the same within the species, except between couple. The body is slender, black and blue.

The Laboides Dimidiatus is a tropical fish commonly known as the nettoyeur fish, due to its propensity to feed on the skin and parasites of other fish. It is a small fish, with a maximum length of about 10 centimeters. It has an elongated and slender body, with a dorsal fin and a well -developed anal fin, as well as a bifurcated caudal fin. Its color is generally blue or gray with white and yellow strips along its body, which gives it an attractive and colorful appearance.

Laboides Dimidiatus is a gregarious fish that lives in groups of about ten individuals, and it is often observed in coral reefs of the hot seas of the Indian and Pacific Ocean. It has a complex social life mode, with well -defined roles within the group, and it is known for its cleaning behavior, where it feeds on the skins and parasites of other fish.

The nettoyeur fish is mainly feeding on the skin and parasites of other fish, which it tears with its small sharp teeth. He is able to detect the infected or damaged parts of the body of another fish, and he heads for them to clean them. This cleaning behavior is beneficial for other fish, which feel more safe and healthier thanks to the action of the Dimidiatus labroids.

The Laboides Dimidiatus is a fish that reproduces by outsourced frai, that is to say that the eggs are laid and fertilized outside the body of the female. The female lays her eggs in a cavity which she digs in the substrate, and the male then comes to fertilize them by releasing her sperm on the eggs. The eggs hatch approximately 24 hours later, and the nettoyeur fish larvae are very small and fragile at this stage of their development.

Rare but already observed in aquarium.