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Crimson cleaner fish

Crimson cleaner fish
male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Suezichthys
Species:
S. aylingi
Binomial name
Suezichthys aylingi

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]

  1. ^ Russell, B. (2010). "Suezichthys aylingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187588A8575723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187588A8575723.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Common Names Summary - Suezichthys aylingi".
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Suezichthys aylingi". FishBase. October 2013 version.

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