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Anampses meleagrides (Dotted wrasse; Marble wrasse; Speckled wrasse; Spotted wrasse; Yellow tail tamarin; Yellowtail tamarin; Yellow-tail tamarin; Yellowtail wrasse)

Synonyms: Anampses amboinensis; Anampses ikedai; Anampses lunatus; Anampses meleagris (heterotypic); Anampses nagayoi
Language: Afrikaans; Cebuano; Creole, French; Davawenyo; Divehi; Fijian; French; German; Ilokano; Italian; Japanese; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Samoan; Tagalog; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Christmas Island National Park II 21698 Christmas Island, Australia
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Spirobranchus giganteus (Christmas tree worm)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Yellow-striped goatfish)1
Neoterebra pedroana (San Pedro auger)1

Predators

Aethaloperca rogaa (Rockcod)[1]
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Shark)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Clownfish and their Host Anemones ;; NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0