yellowtail wrasse
Anampses meleagrides Valenciennes, 1840
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Anampses meleagrides, Female
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Spotted wrasse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:50:51.655366+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Anampses meleagrides Valenciennes, 1840
- Name authority
- Valenciennes, 1840
- Common name
- yellowtail wrasse
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Anampses
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyJulidinae Bonaparte, 1841
- genusAnampses Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- speciesAnampses meleagrides Valenciennes, 1840
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Anampses. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Anampses lennardi Scott, 1959 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| lined wrasseAnampses lineatus Randall, 1972 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluespotted wrasseAnampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1829 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowbreasted wrasseAnampses twistii Bleeker, 1856 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| geographic wrasseAnampses geographicus Valenciennes, 1840 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anampses femininus Randall, 1972 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anampses cuvier Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anampses chrysocephalus Randall, 1958 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anampses melanurus Bleeker, 1857 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anampses elegans Ogilby, 1889 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Anampses neoguinaicus Bleeker, 1878 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Anampses nagayoi Tanaka, 1908 Tanaka, 1908 | synonym |
| Anampses lunatus Sauvage, 1891 Sauvage, 1891 | synonym |
| Anampses meleagris Günther, 1862 Günther, 1862 | synonym |
| Anampses ikedai Tanaka, 1908 Tanaka, 1908 | synonym |
| Anampses amboinensis Bleeker, 1857 Bleeker, 1857 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes A. (1840). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Quatorzième. Suite Du Livre Seizième. Labroïdes. Livre Dix-Septième. Des Malacoptérygiens. Pitois-Levrault, Paris., v. 14: i–xxii + 2 pp. + 1–464 + 4 pp., Pls. 389–420. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:66JMR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.