Black-backed Wrasse
Anampses neoguinaicus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Anampses
Where to Find
Found in 13 diving areas across 8 countries and 4 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 20 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 400 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 1 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 3 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 287 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 87 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 67 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records