Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12. Body orange-brown, with pale longitudinal blue-green lines following scale rows; head with irregular light blue-green lines; opercular flap with a black spot; caudal fin white with a broad black bar on posterior part of fin (Ref. 4392). Red Sea form is slightly different. Females are distinguished by the white versus yellow band on the base of the tail and males by the lined versus spotted pattern on the body (Ref. 48636).

Common Names

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Gestreepte tamarin , Afrikaans , South Africa

Muesy , Arabic , Jordan

Lined tamarin , English , South Africa

Lined wrasse , English , Micronesia

Lined wrasse , English , Global

White-dashed wrasse , English , Indonesia

White-dashes wrasse , English , Indonesia

Labre rayé , French , Maldives

線紋阿南魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

线纹阿南鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Anampses

Species: Anampses lineatus Randall, 1972

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea south to Natal, South Africa (Ref. 4392) and east to Bali, Indonesia.

Biology

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Adults inhabit lagoon and seaward reefs, usually deeper than 20 m to at least 42 m (Ref. 9710). Juveniles are solitary and adults form small groups, each with several females and a dominant male (Ref. 48636). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Minimum depth reported from Ref. 27115.

Habitat

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associated