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 384239 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority:

Labroides inopinatus   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
Taxon lists: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Shelf Demersal (40-200m)
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 40 to 145 m.
Taxon Notes:In Australia, only known from Holmes Reef (16°31′50″S, 147°48′10″E) and Flora Reef (16°44′08″S, 147°42′04″E), Coral Sea in 40-145 m. Also recorded from Japan, Indonesia & New Caledonia in 60-133 m (Tea et al 2026).
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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