Labroides inopinatus Tea, Baraf, Menkara, Ludt, Allen, Hobbs & Cowman, 2026
Goldenrod cleaner wrasse
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Julidinae
Etymology: Labroides: Combination of the labrid genus Labrus and the Greek suffix -oides meaning ‘resembling’ or ‘to bear likeness to’, presumably referring to its similarity with the genus Labrus (or simply other members of the family Labridae).
Etymology: Labroides: Combination of the labrid genus Labrus and the Greek suffix -oides meaning ‘resembling’ or ‘to bear likeness to’, presumably referring to its similarity with the genus Labrus (or simply other members of the family Labridae).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 40 - 145 m (Ref. 138889). Tropical
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Western Pacific: Japan, Australia and New Caledona; possibly Indonesia.
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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 10 - 11; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D IX,11; A III,10-11; pectoral-fin rays 13; upper procurrent caudal-fin rays 5-6; lower procurrent caudal-fin rays 5-7; principal caudal-fin rays 7-8 + 7; circumpeduncular scales 24 (22-24); body depth 3.8-4.5 in SL; head length 2.6-3.0 in SL; snout length 2.9-3.5 in HL; orbit diameter 4.0-5.6 in HL; orbit diameter 1.3-1.8 in snout length; caudal-peduncle length 4.8-6.2 in HL; pored lateral-line scales 33-36; scale rows above lateral line 4, below lateral line 13-14; total gill rakers 11-13 (Ref. 138889).
Colouration: Terminal phase with dorsal half of head and ground colouration of body mustard yellow to brown; lower portion of head silvery grey, fading to pale grey on isthmus and breast; snout with a horizontal orange brown stripe, from lateral side of upper lip to anterior edge of orbit, its width is subequal to that of pupil; stripe continuing horizontally through orbit, its width expanding slightly towards free upper edge of opercle; a stripe continuing past opercle and blending with ground colouration of body; snout with a second, cream to silvery white stripe, from the dorsal aspect of upper lip, curving slightly and continuing through dorsal aspect or orbit, past free upper edge of opercle and through to upper edge of caudal fin; dorsal fin is dusky mustard yellow, dusky hyaline distally; anal fin is similar to dorsal fin; caudal fin is dusky yellow, becoming increasingly fuliginous distally; caudal fin with a narrow, bright white, crescentic margin; upper portion of crescentic margin continuing from terminal end of cream to silvery white body stripe; the upper and lower lobes of caudal fin beyond margin translucent; pelvic fins are white to translucent grey; pectoral fins hyaline, The Initial Phase and juveniles in life with similar colour except ground colouration is dusky grey to grey-brown (Ref. 138889).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Collected at depths between 60-145 m, and in deep mesophotic reefs at approximately 110 m depth (Ref. 138889).
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Main reference
Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Westneat, Mark | Collaborators
Tea, Y.-K., L. Baraf, Y. Menkara, W.B. Ludt, G.R. Allen, J.-P.A. Hobbs and P.F. Cowman, 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 v. 74: 403-443. (Ref. 138889)
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00490 (0.00203 - 0.01181), b=3.13 (2.92 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |