Elegant wrasse

Elegant wrasse
	Elegant wrasse, (male above); Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Anampses
Species:	A. elegans
Binomial name
	Anampses elegans; J. D. Ogilby, 1889
Synonyms
	Anampses variolatus J. D. Ogilby, 1889;

The elegant wrasse, Anampses elegans, is a species of wrasse native to the Pacific Ocean from Australia New Zealand eastward to Easter Island. This species prefers lagoons and can also be found on coastal reefs at depths from 2 to 35 m (6.6 to 114.8 ft). This species can reach a length of 29 cm (11 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade.^[2]

References

^ Choat, J.H., Pollard, D. & Myers, R. 2010. Anampses elegans. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 October 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anampses elegans". FishBase. August 2013 version.

Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8

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[1] Choat, J.H., Pollard, D. & Myers, R. 2010. Anampses elegans. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 October 2013.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anampses elegans". FishBase. August 2013 version.

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