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Labridae
bird wrasse
Gomphosus varius
A Short Young Snout Grows Long
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Marine fish
East Asia
Fusiform
Mediumbird wrasse is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 30 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Unnamed Order
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Gomphosus
- Maximum length
- 30 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Cocos-Keeling to the Hawaiian, Marquesas and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Rowley Shoals in the eastern Indian Ocean and Lord Howe and Rapa islands. Replaced by Gomphosus caeruleus in the Indian Ocean (Ref. 37816 ). Hybrid with Thalassoma lunare documented from Cassini Island, Western Australia and reported from the Great Barrier Reef; with Thalassoma duperrey , observed from Hawaii (Ref. 57557 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
