WoRMS taxon details
Labroides phthirophagus Randall, 1958
278690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278690)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Randall, J.E. (1958). A review of the labrid fish genus Labroides, with descriptions of two new species and notes on ecology. Pacific Science 12:327-347, figs. 1-6, pl. 1, tab. (x-1958) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Labroides phthirophagus Randall, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278690 on 2026-04-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Randall, J.E. (1958). A review of the labrid fish genus Labroides, with descriptions of two new species and notes on ecology. Pacific Science 12:327-347, figs. 1-6, pl. 1, tab. (x-1958) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Labroides phthirophagus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Labroides phthirophagus FIN030073 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Labroides phthirophagus FIN030074 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Labroides phthirophagus)
To FishBase
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Labroides phthirophagus FIN030073 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Labroides phthirophagus FIN030074 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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