New Guinea Wrasse (species: Anampses neoguinaicus) in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
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Anampses neoguinaicus
New Guinea Wrasse


©Haplochromis: New Guinea Wrasse (Anampses neoguinaicus)

©Dennis Polack: New Guinea Wrasse (Anampses neoguinaicus)

©Simon Gingins: Anampses neoguinaicus at Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Labridae
Genus Anampses
Species Anampses neoguinaicus

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 20 cm (Total Length)

Depth range

  • From 4 m to 25 m

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

An inshore species inhabiting shallow coral reefs, with patches of sand and rubble, also along upper part of slopes and on reef crests with Acropora corals (FishBase).

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References

  • Allen, G., R. Steene, P. Humann and N. Deloach (2003). Reef fish identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, FL, USA.
  • Bellwood, D.R. and P.C. Wainwright (2001). Locomotion in labrid fishes: implications for habitat use and cross-shelf biogeography on the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Reefs, 20: 139-150. LIRS catalog number 787.
  • Elliott, J.P. and D.R. Bellwood (2003). Alimentary tract morphology and diet in three coral reef fish families, Journal of Fish Biology, 63: 1598-1609. LIRS catalog number 876.
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