Species that contain: Anampses and elegans [ 2 ] records

elegans, Anampses Ogilby [J. D.] 1889:67 [Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney No. 2 (art. no. 3); ref. 18489] Lord Howe Island. Lectotype: AMS I.1932. Paralectotypes: AMS I.1933-37 (5). Lectotype selected by Whitley 1964:188 (fig. 14) [ref. 3772]. •Valid as Anampses elegans Ogilby 1889 -- (Paulin et al. 1989:207 [ref. 24556], Kuiter 1993:290 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:164 [ref. 25479], Parenti & Randall 2000:3 [ref. 24943], Allen et al. 2006:1371 [ref. 29095], Kuiter 2010:347 [ref. 35285], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:116 [ref. 36167]). Current status: Valid as Anampses elegans Ogilby 1889. Labridae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

variolatus, Anampses Ogilby [J. D.] 1889:67 [Memoirs of the Australian Museum, Sydney No. 2 (art. no. 3); ref. 18489] Lord Howe Island. Holotype (unique): AMS I.1938. •Synonym of Anampses elegans Ogilby 1889 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:3 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Anampses elegans Ogilby 1889. Labridae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.