Gomphosus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Gomphosus
Species: G. caeruleus – G. varius
Name

Gomphosus Lacepède, 1801:100

Type species: Gomphosus caeruleus Lacepède, 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan, 1917:61
References

Lacepède, B.G.E. 1801: Historie naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1–97.

Vernacular names
English: Wrasses

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]

Gomphosus caeruleus Lacépède, 1801 (green birdmouth wrasse)
Gomphosus varius Lacépède, 1801 (bird wrasse)

References

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.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Gomphosus in FishBase. August 2013 version.