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Bluespotted wrasse
Anampses caeruleopunctatus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Bluespotted wrasse
- Scientific
- Anampses caeruleopunctatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 42 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 3 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2008
Description
A wrasse with a dark body covered in small blue spots; terminal males are greenish with blue lines on the head and a pale bar on the side. It reaches about 42 cm and lives in the surge zone of reefs; tiny juveniles drift head-down like a floating leaf.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Anampses-caeruleopunctatus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Blue-spotted_wrasse,_initial_phase_-_Anampses_caeruleopunct
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.