Yellow-breasted wrasse

Yellow-breasted wrasse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
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]

Etymology

The specific name honours the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1851 to 1856 Albertus Jacobus Duymaer van Twist (1809-1887).[3]

References

  1. ^ Pollard, D.; Cabanban, A.; Yeeting, B. (2010). "Anampses twistii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187784A8629316. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187784A8629316.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anampses twistii". FishBase. August 2013 version.
  3. ^ Bleeker, P. (1856). "Beschrijvingen van nieuwe en weinig bekende vischsoorten van Amboina, verzameld op eene reis door den Molukschen Archipel, gedaan in het gevolg van den Gouverneur Generaal Duymaer van Twist, in September en Oktober 1855". Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae (in Dutch). 1: 1–72, 73–76.
  • Westneat, M.W., 2001. Labridae. Wrasses, hogfishes, razorfishes, corises, tuskfishes. p. 3381-3467. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Vol. 6. Bony fishes part 4 (Labridae to Latimeriidae), estuarine crocodiles. FAO, Rome.


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