Yellow-breasted wrasse

Yellow-breasted wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Labroidei
Family: Labridae
Genus: Anampses
Species: A. twistii
Binomial name
Anampses twistii
Bleeker, 1856

The yellow-breasted wrasse, Anampses twistii, is a species of wrasse native to the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area from the Red Sea to the Tuamoto Islands. It is found in lagoons and on reefs at depths of 5 to 30 m (16 to 98 ft). It can reach a length of 18 cm (7.1 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

References

  1. Pollard, D., Cabanban, A. & Yeeting, B. 2010. Anampses twistii. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2013.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Anampses twistii" in FishBase. August 2013 version.

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