Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 10. Body color light brown with a faint blue spot, 1 per scale, above lateral line and 7 faint golden stripes following centers of scale rows below lateral line; a faint dark stripe from front of snout to eye with a fainter continuation behind eye; lower half of head pale silvery. Pectoral fin comparatively long (1.5-1.7 times in HL) (Ref. 9823).

Common Names

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Elegant wrasse , English , Australia

Elegant wrasse , English , New Zealand

Elegant wrasse , English , Kermadec Is.

Elegant wrasse , English , Micronesia

美丽阿南鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

美麗阿南魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Anampses

Species: Anampses elegans Ogilby, 1889

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Southwest Pacific: Australia and New Zealand. Range extends eastward to Easter Island (Ref. 9710).

Biology

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Adults are primarily found in lagoons (Ref. 9710). Also in coastal reef areas. Feed on a variety of invertebrates. Females in groups of up to 80 or more, males territorial (Ref. 9710). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Habitat

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associated