caeruleopunctatus, Anampses Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1829:42, Pl. 10 (fig. 1) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] El-Tor, Sinai coast, Egypt, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 2745 (dry). •Valid as Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell 1829 -- (Dor 1984:195 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:204 [ref. 6441], Randall 1986:685 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:112 [ref. 25477], Pequeño 1989:63 [ref. 14125], Paulin et al. 1989:207 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:51 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:295 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:290 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:52 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:269 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:178 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:292 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:295 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:196 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:391 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:743 [ref. 25471], Randall 1999:20 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:3 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:978 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:349 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:201 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:111 [ref. 25868], Shinohara et al. 2000:180 [ref. 25987], Hutchins 2001:267 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:978 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:635 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:144 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:73 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:388 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1371 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:331 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:82 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:216 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:159 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:341 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:632 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:265 [ref. 32706], Russell & Craig 2013:84 [ref. 32948], Fricke et al. 2014:125 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:116 [ref. 36167], Motomura et al. 2015:26 [ref. 34709], Koeda et al. 2016:72 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:276 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:121 [ref. 36273], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Psomadakis et al. 2020:522 [ref. 37272], Akaike et al. 2021:25 [ref. 38809], Randall & Victor 2022:170 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:686 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell 1829. Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Wake Island, Line Islands (Kiribati) and Easter Island (Chile), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia), Kermadec Islands and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.
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