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Life Cycle

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).
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Trophic Strategy

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Feeds on crustaceans (Ref. 3921).
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Pascualita Sa-a
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Biology

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Adults are found over rocky substrate of inshore areas. They also inhabit tide pools and relatively deeper water (Ref. 55080). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed on crustaceans, including shrimps, amphipods (gammarids and caprellids), copepods, ostracods, isopods, and brachyuran crabs. Other food items include sipunculids, gastropods, chitons, and occasionally ophiuroids and echinoids, tunicates, algae, foraminifera, and fish material. Protogynous (Ref. 55080). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).
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Importance

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fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
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Anampses cuvier

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Anampses cuvier, the pearl wrasse, is a fish found in the Pacific Ocean.[1]

This species reaches a length of 31.0 cm (12.2 in). [2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of French naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier.[3]

References

  1. ^ Randall, J.E., 1972. A revision of the labrid fish genus Anampses. Micronesica 8(1-2):151-190.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Anampses cuvier" in FishBase. 2 2015 version.
  3. ^ 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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Anampses cuvier: Brief Summary

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Anampses cuvier, the pearl wrasse, is a fish found in the Pacific Ocean.

This species reaches a length of 31.0 cm (12.2 in).

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