Blue-spotted wrasse

Blue-spotted wrasse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Labroidei
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Anampses
Species:	A. caeruleopunctatus
Binomial name
Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1829
Synonyms
Anampses diadematus Rüppell, 1835 Anampses lineolatus E. T. Bennett, 1836 Anampses chlorostigma Valenciennes, 1840 Anampses taeniatus H. E. Liénard, 1891 Anampses pulcher Regan, 1913 Anampses tinkhami Fowler, 1946

The blue-spotted wrasse, Anampses caeruleopunctatus, is a species of wrasse found from the Atlantic coast of South Africa through the Indian Ocean to Japan and Australia east to Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean (though absent from Hawaii). This species is found at depths from 3 to 30 m (9.8 to 98.4 ft), with the adults preferring the surge zone on coral reefs or along rocky coastlines. Juveniles orient their bodies and move in such a way as to resemble floating leaves. This species can reach a length of 42 cm (17 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.^[2]

A female Anampses caeruleopunctatus.

A male Anampses caeruleopunctatus.

Common Name

Bluespotted wrasse

Habitat

Salt water

Dispersion

Andaman sea

Utilization

-

References

1. Shea, S., Liu, M. & Sadovy, Y. 2010. Anampses caeruleopunctatus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 30 August 2013.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Anampses caeruleopunctatus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.

External links

• marinespecies.org