Gomphosus

Gomphosus
	Green birdmouth wrasse (G. caeruleus) (top)
	Bird wrasse (G. varius)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Gomphosus; Lacépède, 1801
Type species
	Gomphosus caeruleus; Lacépède, 1801
Synonyms
	Acarauna Sevastianoff, 1802; Elops Bonaparte, 1831;

Gomphosus is a small genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.^[3]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[3]

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Gomphosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gomphosus in FishBase. August 2013 version.

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