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The tail-spot wrasse, Halichoeres melanurus, is a species of wrasse in the western Pacific from Japan to Samoa and Tonga and south to the Great Barrier Reef. This species is found along rocky shores or on coral reefs at depths from 1 to 15 m (3.3 to 49.2 ft). It can reach 12 cm (4.7 in) in total length. This species is popular for display in ...
See text. The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into 9 subgroups or tribes. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] They are typically small, most of them less than 20 cm (7.9 in) long, although the largest, the humphead wrasse, can ...
The currently recognized species in this genus are: [1] Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1829 (blue-spotted wrasse) Anampses chrysocephalus J. E. Randall, 1958 (red-tail wrasse) Anampses cuvier Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (pearl wrasse) Anampses elegans J. D. Ogilby, 1889 (elegant wrasse) Anampses femininus J. E. Randall, 1972 (blue-striped orange ...
Anampses melanurus, the white-spotted wrasse, is a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean. [2] Description. This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in). [3]
Spotted wrasse. 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).
The lined wrasse, Anampses lineatus, is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific from the Red Sea to South Africa east to Bali. This species can be found at depths from 10 to 45 m (33 to 148 ft) (though usually below 20 m (66 ft)) in lagoons and on reefs. It can reach a length of 13 cm (5.1 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade.
Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835 (Dusky wrasse) Halichoeres melanochir Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (Orange-fin wrasse) Halichoeres melanotis (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Golden wrasse) Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851) (Tail-spot wrasse) Halichoeres melas J. E. Randall & Earle, 1994; Halichoeres melasmapomus J. E. Randall, 1981 (Cheek-spot wrasse)
Centrolabrus melanocercus, the black-tailed wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the wrasse family Labridae which is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. [2] This species was formally described in 1810 as Lutjanus melanocercus by Antoine Risso with the type locality given as Saint Hospice near Villefranche-sur ...