Southern Tubelip (species: Labropsis australis) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Labropsis australis
Southern Tubelip


©Andy Lewis: Adult Labropsis australis at Lizard Island.

©Andy Lewis: Juvenile Labropsis australis at Lizard Island. Juveniles act as cleaners to other fish.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Labridae
Genus Labropsis
Species Labropsis australis

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 10.5 cm (Length according to Allen et al (2003).)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Other references

  • Cheney, K.L., A.S. Grutter, S.P. Blomberg and N.J. Marshall (2009). Blue and yellow signal cleaning behaviour in coral reef fishes, Current Biology, 19: 1283-1287. LIRS catalog number 1240.
  • Elliott, J.P. and D.R. Bellwood (2003). Alimentary tract morphology and diet in three coral reef fish families, Journal of Fish Biology, 63: 1598-1609. LIRS catalog number 876.
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