LABRIDAE Anampses caeruleopunctatus (male; photo by Ukkrit Satapoomin) Anampses caeruleopunctatus, 14.8 cm SL (female; from North Sulawesi, Indonesia; photo by Teguh Perisitiwady) Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1830 Bluespotted Wrasse D IX, 12; A III, 12; P1 13; LLp 27; GR 18-21. Body moderately deep, compressed. Mouth small, terminal; lips moderately fleshy. A single pair of incisiform forward-projecting teeth at front of each jaw; remaining teeth in jaws minute or imperceptible; no teeth at corner of mouth or on roof of mouth. Head naked. Caudal fin truncate or slightly rounded. Color: females olive to brown dorsally, shading to orange ventrally, with a dark edged blue spot on each scale; head reddish brown with dark-edged narrow blue bands; dorsal and anal fins brown to brownish red with small dark-edged blue spots, a narrow blue margin and black submarginal line on each fin; caudal fin brown with small dark-edged blue spots and blue margin. Males olive with a darkedged blue vertical line on each scale on body; head with irregular, narrow, dark-edged blue bands and a broad blue band across anterior interorbital space; a broad light green bar often on body below sixth dorsal spine. Size: maximum length about 35 cm. Distribution: Indo-Pacific, from Red Sea to Easter Islands. Remarks: found on shallow coral reefs to depths of 20 m. Feeds on small benthic invertebrates.