Anampses
| Anampses | |
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| Elegant wrasse, (A. elegans) (male above, female below) Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Anampses Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 |
| Type species | |
| Anampses cuvier Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anampses is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1829 (blue-spotted wrasse)
- Anampses chrysocephalus J. E. Randall, 1958 (red-tail wrasse)
- Anampses cuvier Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (pearl wrasse)
- Anampses elegans J. D. Ogilby, 1889 (elegant wrasse)
- Anampses femininus J. E. Randall, 1972 (blue-striped orange tamarin)
- Anampses geographicus Valenciennes, 1840 (geographic wrasse)
- Anampses lennardi T. D. Scott, 1959 (blue and yellow wrasse)
- Anampses lineatus J. E. Randall, 1972 (lined wrasse)
- Anampses melanurus Bleeker, 1857 (white-spotted wrasse)
- Anampses meleagrides Valenciennes, 1840 (spotted wrasse)
- Anampses neoguinaicus Bleeker, 1878 (New Guinea wrasse)
- Anampses twistii Bleeker, 1856 (yellow-breasted wrasse)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Anampses in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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