Yellow-breasted wrasse
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| Species: | A. twistii
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| Anampses twistii Bleeker, 1856
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The yellow-breasted wrasse, Anampses twistii, is a species of wrasse native to the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area from the Red Sea to the Tuamoto Islands. It is found in lagoons and on reefs at depths of 5 to 30 m (16 to 98 ft). It can reach a length of 18 cm (7.1 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.[2]
References
- ^ Pollard, D., Cabanban, A. & Yeeting, B. 2010. Anampses twistii. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 30 August 2013.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Anampses twistii" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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