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Spotted wrasse
Spotted wrasse
Anampses meleagrides.jpg
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Anampses
Species: A. meleagrides
Binomial name
Anampses meleagrides
Valenciennes, 1840
Synonyms[2]
Anampses amboinensis Bleeker, 1857
Anampses meleagris Günther, 1862
Anampses lunatus Sauvage, 1891
Anampses ikedai S. Tanaka (I), 1908
Anampses nagayoi S. Tanaka (I), 1908
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]