Biology:Spotted wrasse
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Anampses |
| Species: | A. meleagrides
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| Anampses meleagrides Valenciennes, 1840
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The spotted wrasse, Anampses meleagrides, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean from the Red Sea and East Africa to the western Pacific Ocean to Samoa and the Tuamoto Islands and north to Japan . This species is found on coral reefs at depths of 3 to 60 m (9.8 to 196.9 ft). It can reach a length of 22 cm (8.7 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.[2]
Common name
Spotted wrasse, Yellow tail tamarin
Habitat
Salt water
Dispersion
Andaman sea
Utilization
Fishery: Small Trading, Aquarium: Trade
References
- ↑ Pollard, D. (2010). "Anampses meleagrides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187723A8612954. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187723A8612954.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/187723/8612954. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Anampses meleagrides" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
External links
- marinespecies.org
- Photos of Spotted wrasse on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q2110247 entry
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