Biology:Anampses lennardi

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Short description: Species of fish

Anampses lennardi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Anampses
Species:
A. lennardi
Binomial name
Anampses lennardi
T. D. Scott, 1959

Anampses lennardi, the blue-and-yellow wrasse, is a species of fish found in the eastern Indian Ocean.[2]

Description

This species reaches a length of 28.0 cm (11.0 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Fynes Barrett-Lennard (1915–2008), an Australian landowner who collected many herpetological and ichthyological specimens for the Western Australia Museum.[4]

References

  1. Pollard, D. & Cabanban, A. (2010). "Anampses lennardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187567A8570520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187567A8570520.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/187567/8570520. Retrieved 26 January 2024. 
  2. Randall, J.E., 1972. A revision of the labrid fish genus Anampses. Micronesica 8(1–2):151–190.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Anampses lennardi" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
  4. "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/labriformes1/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2706462 entry