twistii, Anampses Bleeker [P.] 1856:56 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1; ref. 311] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6566 (probably smallest of 3). •Valid as Anampses twistii Bleeker 1856 -- (Dor 1984:196 [ref. 29757], Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:204 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:51 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:297 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:53 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:184 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:131 [ref. 26476], Randall et al. 1997:297 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:196 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:394 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:20 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:90 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:4 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:627 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:977 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:111 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:38 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3407 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:977 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:47 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:635 [ref. 27495] as twisti, Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3325 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:391 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1372 [ref. 29095], Fricke et al. 2009:82 [ref. 30213], Satapoomin 2009:217 [ref. 30463], Motomura et al. 2010:160 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:342 [ref. 35285] and as cf. twistii, Allen & Erdmann 2012:635 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:73 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:277 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:122 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:223 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:89 [ref. 36871], Randall & Victor 2022:172 [ref. 39916]). Current status: Valid as Anampses twistii Bleeker 1856. Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia) Chesterfield Islands (eastern Coral Sea) and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.