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Yellowbreasted wrasse
Anampses twistii
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellowbreasted wrasse
- Scientific
- Anampses twistii
- Dhivehi
- Hikaa
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 18 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 5 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A brown wrasse with a yellow chest and lower head, a red rear body and a large black eyespot on the dorsal and anal fins, reaching about 18 cm. It lives alone among corals on clear lagoon and outer reefs.
In the Maldives
FishBase (Maldives) gives only the general name hikaa.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Anampses-twistii.html
- fishbase.se /comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=4893&GenusName=Anampses&SpeciesName=t
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lábrido_(Anampses_twistii),_mar_Rojo,_Egipto,_2023-04-18,_D
Dhivehi name source: FishBase common names (country: Maldives) give 'Hikaa' (Latin script). FLAG: single source. FLAG: generic name for the group, not species-specific.