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Labridae
New Guinea wrasse
Anampses neoguinaicus
Female black blue backs fade into yellow white bellies
New Guinea wrasse is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 20 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Unnamed Order
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Anampses
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Pacific: Philippines and Taiwan to Fiji, north to the Izu Islands, south to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia. Recently recorded from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

