Anampses lennardi

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Anampses lennardi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Anampses
Species:
A. lennardi
Binomial name
Anampses lennardi

Anampses lennardi, the blue-and-yellow wrasse, is a species of fish found in the eastern Indian Ocean. [2]

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Description

This species reaches a length of 28.0 cm (11.0 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Fynes Barrett-Lennard (1915–2008), an Australian landowner who collected many herpetological and ichthyological specimens for the Western Australia Museum. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Pollard, D. & Cabanban, A. (2010). "Anampses lennardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T187567A8570520. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187567A8570520.en . Retrieved 26 January 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Randall, J.E., 1972. A revision of the labrid fish genus Anampses. Micronesica 8(1–2):151–190.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Anampses lennardi". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 February 2023.


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