WoRMS taxon details
Anampses elegans Ogilby, 1889
279170 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279170)
accepted
Species
Anampses variolatus Ogilby, 1889 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ogilby, J. D. (1889). The reptiles and fishes of Lord Howe Island. <em>In: Lord Howe Island, its zoology, geology, and physical characteristics.Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney.</em> No. 2 (art. no. 3): 49-74, Pls. 2-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1967.2.1889.481 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Anampses elegans Ogilby, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279170 on 2026-03-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Ogilby, J. D. (1889). The reptiles and fishes of Lord Howe Island. <em>In: Lord Howe Island, its zoology, geology, and physical characteristics.Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney.</em> No. 2 (art. no. 3): 49-74, Pls. 2-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1967.2.1889.481 [details]
original description (of Anampses variolatus Ogilby, 1889) Ogilby, J. D. (1889). The reptiles and fishes of Lord Howe Island. <em>In: Lord Howe Island, its zoology, geology, and physical characteristics.Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney.</em> No. 2 (art. no. 3): 49-74, Pls. 2-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1967.2.1889.481 [details]
original description (of Anampses variolatus Ogilby, 1889) Ogilby, J. D. (1889). The reptiles and fishes of Lord Howe Island. <em>In: Lord Howe Island, its zoology, geology, and physical characteristics.Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney.</em> No. 2 (art. no. 3): 49-74, Pls. 2-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1967.2.1889.481 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anampses variolatus Ogilby, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anampses elegans)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anampses variolatus Ogilby, 1889)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anampses elegans FIN029314 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anampses elegans FIN029315 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Anampses variolatus Ogilby, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Anampses elegans)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Anampses variolatus Ogilby, 1889)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anampses elegans FIN029314 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Anampses elegans FIN029315 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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