Blacktail Wrasse

Anampses melanurus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth4–22 m
Water temperature24–30 °C
Best monthsMarch and April
How commonRare

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Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Anampses melanurus, the white-spotted wrasse, is a species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Anampses melanurus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 22 records
March: 54 records
April: 78 records
May: 20 records
June: 40 records
July: 29 records
August: 21 records
September: 13 records
October: 16 records
November: 9 records
December: 14 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–22 m · Deepest record: 91 m

0–10 m: 105 records
10–20 m: 65 records
20–30 m: 26 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C

22–24 °C: 3 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 35 records
28–30 °C: 169 records

Photos

no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ben Costamagna, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Pierre Pericard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Blacktail Wrasse, White-spotted Wrasse

Names in 5 more languages

German: Schwarzschwanz-Perljunker
French: Labre à points blancs
Japanese: Kurofuchisusukibera, クロフチススキベラ
Thai: ปลานกขุนทองจุดขาว
Simplified Chinese: 娘仔魚, 尾斑真珠龍, 烏尾阿南魚, 烏尾鸚鯛, 黑尾真珠龍

Similar species

Bluespotted wrasse
Anampses caeruleopunctatus
Geographic wrasse
Anampses geographicus
Yellowtail wrasse
Anampses meleagrides
Yellowbreasted wrasse
Anampses twistii
Psychedelic Wrasse
Anampses chrysocephalus
Cuvier's Tamarin
Anampses cuvier

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
312 open-data records from 1973 to 2018.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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