CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Perciformes (order)  »  Labridae: Labrinae (family)

CAAB Code: 37 384238 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Labroides flammulatus   Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman, 2026

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes
Family: 37 384 Labridae: Labrinae (Wrasses) - show full list
Standard Name: [a cleaner wrasse]
Organism Type: a cleaner wrasse
Synonyms: Labroides pectoralis (non Randall & Springer, 1975): Parenti & Randall, 2000: 26 (checklist, in part, Christmas Island distribution; Labridae); Allen et al., 2007: 180 (underwater photograph from Christmas Island); Allen & Erdmann, 2012: 695 (in part, underwater photograph from Christmas Island); Allen & Erdman, 2024: 760 (in part, underwater photograph from Christmas Island): Hobbs et al., 2014a (checklist; Christmas Island); Hobbs et al., 2014b (checklist; Cocos [Keeling] Islands).
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Coastal (0-40m)
Parent Codes: 37 384925     Labroides spp.
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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2026-06-04.
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Expected species depth range is from 2 to 40 m.
Taxon Notes:Described from specimens collected from Christmas and Cocos Islands, eastern Indian Ocean. Inhabits shallow coral reefs from 2-40 m depth (Tea et al 2026).
Record source and
Scientific Name
verified against:		 Tea, Y.-K., Baraf, L., Menkara, Y., Ludt, W.B., Allen, G.R., Hobbs, J.-P.A. and Cowman, P.F. , 2026. Cleaning up the cleaner wrasses: revision of the Labroides phthirophagus and Labroides bicolor species complexes, with rediagnosis of Labroides quadrilineatus and descriptions of two new species (Teleostei: Labridae). , Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 74: 403-443. doi:10.26107%2FRBZ-2026-0027
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