Yellow-Breasted Wrasse

Scientific Name: Anampses twistii
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 18cm
Identification: TP - Purplish brown with horizontal rows of small white spots, yellow lower head and forebody; ragged yellow bar on mid-side.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs.
Hide-out: Lagoons and outer reefs in 3-30m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia and Tuamotu Is. In French Polynesia. S. Japan to Australia.

White-Spotted Wrasse

Scientific Name: Anampses melanurus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 12cm
Identification: TP - Black with rows of bluish white spots, yellow foretail; broad yellow irregular stripe extends from pectoral fin to tail.
Favourite: Solitary or in pairs; bury in sand at night.
Hide-out: Outer reefs and lagoons, most common in shallow but occasionally to 30m.
Location: Pacific - Indonesia, S. Micronesia to French Polynesia and Easter Is. in southeastern Pacific. S.W. Japan to Australia.

New Guinea Wrasse

Scientific Name: Anampses neoguinaicus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 17cm
Identification: TP - Yellowish white with pale blue vertical lines on scales; upper head dark with blue line markings, salmon, blue and black spot behind edge of upper gill cover.
Favourite: Solitary.
Hide-out: Coral-rich seaward slopes in 4-30m.
Location: West Pacific - E. Indonesia, Philippines and Palau in Micronesia to Fiji. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia.