Author: (Bloch, 1791)
FBname: Yellowcheek wrasse
Comments: Found over hard substrates (Ref. 9626).  Juveniles up to 8 cm act as specialized cleaners.  Each individual tends a defined cleaning station sought by several species of reef fishes including damselfishes, goatfishes, and surgeonfishes.  At the cleaning station this wrasse swims in a characteristic seesaw motion (Ref. 31373).  Occasionally caught by anglers.  Generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size (Ref. 5217).  Found at 9 m in Belize (Ref. 26938).