Blue-and-yellow Wrasse, Anampses lennardi Scott 1959
Other Names: Blue And Yellow Wrasse, Lennard’s Tamarin Wrasse, Lennard's Wrasse
A male Blue-and-yellow Wrasse, Anampses lennardi, off North West Cape, Western Australia, January 2018. Source: glen_whisson / iNaturalist.org. License: CC By Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A stunning wrasse with broken bright yellow and torquoise stripes along the side, bands and stripes on the head, and a yellow tail. Juveniles are blackish with a yellow dorsal fin, fine white spots on the head and narrow white stripes on the sides.
Video of a Blue-and-yellow Wrasse (aka Lennard's Wrasse) in an aquarium.
Another Blue-and-yellow Wrasse in an aquarium.
Video of a Blue-and-yellow Wrasse (aka Lennard's Wrasse) in an aquarium.
Another Blue-and-yellow Wrasse in an aquarium.
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2018, Anampses lennardi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1221
Blue-and-yellow Wrasse, Anampses lennardi Scott 1959
More Info
|
Distribution |
Endemic to northern Australia from Shark Bay and offshore islands of Western Australia, to the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland. Inhabits sheltered and silty reefs in depths to 25 m. |
|
Colour |
Juveniles are black with a yellow dorsal fin, fine white spots on the head and narrow white stripes on the sides. With growth, they become yellowish, the narrow white stripes broaden and become increasingly blue. Adolescent Lennard’s wrasse are golden brown with 4-5 broad blue irregular stripes along the body that are a bright blue on the face, and break up into blue spots on the anterior part of the body. The caudal fin is mostly yellow, and the dorsal and anal fins have a bright blue basal and outer margins. As they change sex, individuals the colours intensify into a lemon yellow terminal male with a torquoise-blue dot and dash pattern. |
|
Species Citation |
Anampses lennardi Scott 1959, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. A. 82: 86, fig. 6. Type locality: Point Sampson, Western Australia. |
|
Author |
Bray, D.J. 2018 |
|
Resources |
Blue-and-yellow Wrasse, Anampses lennardi Scott 1959
References
Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 292 pp. 106 pls.
Allen, G.R. & Swainston, R. 1988. The marine fishes of north-western Australia: a field guide for anglers and divers. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 201 pp.
Blaber, S.J.M., Brewer, D.T. & Harris, A.N. 1994. Distribution, biomass and community structure of demersal fishes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45(3): 375-396.
Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.
Hutchins, J.B. 1990. Fish survey of South Passage, Shark Bay, Western Australia. pp. 263-278 in Berry, P.F., Bradshaw, S.D. & Wilson, B.R. (eds). Research in Shark Bay: Report of the France-Australe Bicentenary Expedition Committee. Perth : Western Australian Museum.
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Biodiversity of shallow reef fish assemblages in Western Australia using a rapid censusing technique. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 247-270
Hutchins, J.B. 2003. Checklist of marine fishes of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. pp. 453-478 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., & Jones, D.S. (eds). Proceedings of the Eleventh International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum.
Kuiter, Rudie H. 2002. Fairy & Rainbow Wrasses and their relatives. TMC Publishing, Chorleywood UK.
Larson, H.K., Williams, R.S. & Hammer, M.P. 2013. An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia. Zootaxa 3696(1): 1-293
Pollard, D. & Cabanban, A. 2010. Anampses lennardi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T187567A8570520. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187567A8570520.en. Downloaded on 29 May 2016.
Randall, J.E. 1972. A revision of the labrid fish genus Anampses. Micronesica 8(1-2): 151-190.
Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1985. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls.
Scott, T.D. 1959. Notes on Western Australian fishes. No. 1. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 82: 73-91. See ref at BHL
