Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse

Labroides dimidiatus

In lab tests this finger-sized fish appeared to recognize itself in a mirror and in photographs — a self-awareness test few animals pass, mostly great apes, dolphins and elephants.

The real colors of this species — match them or invent your own.

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Size

14 cm

Depth

1–100 m

Range

Red Sea to Indo-Pacific

Habitat

Coral reefs

IUCN

Least Concern

How to spot

A long black band down the side that widens toward the tail, plus the bright blue streak that names the fish. Slender, torpedo-shaped body with a small pointed picking mouth.

True colors

Slim silvery-white to pale blue, crossed by a black stripe that starts thin at the snout and widens to the tail. Young fish are blue-black with one glowing electric-blue stripe.

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