Anampses

Anampses is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1]

Anampses
Elegant wrasse, (A. elegans)
(male above, female below)
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Anampses
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Type species
Anampses cuvier
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Synonyms
  • Ampheces D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
  • Anampsodax Bleeker, 1874
  • Pseudanampses Bleeker, 1862

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)
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Anampses in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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