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Gomphosus varius Lacepède, 1801

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Labridae
genus
Gomphosus
species
Gomphosus varius

Name

Synonyms
Gomphorus varius Lacepède, 1801
Gomphosus cepedianus Valenciennes, 1840
Gomphosus fuscus Valenciennes, 1840
Gomphosus nasutus Parkinson, 1840
Gomphosus notostigma Bleeker, 1862
Gomphosus pacificus Seale, 1901
Gomphosus pectoralis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Gomphosus sandvicensis Günther, 1862
Gomphosus tricolor Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Gomphosus undulatus Streets, 1877
Gomphosus viridis Cuvier, 1829
Thalassoma stuckiae Whitley, 1959
Homonyms
Gomphosus varius Lacepède, 1801
Common names
Balaki in language.
Bankilan in Tagalog
Banog in language.
Bayan in Malay
Bijel in Marshallese
Bird wrasse in English
Bird-nose wrasse in English
Birdnose Wrasse in English
Bodião-passarinho in Portuguese
Brown bird wrasse in English
Bunak in Tagalog
Bungat in Tagalog
Chulam in Malayalam
Clubnosed Wrasse in English
Danlugan in language.
Fågelsnultra in Swedish
Geosaap in language.
Gomfoos in Estonian
Grøn Fuglefisk in Danish
Grøn fuglegylte in Danish
Grüner Vogel-Lippfisch in German
Gutu'umi in Samoan
Gutusi'o in Samoan
Harilik nokkhuulkala in Estonian
Hibbaruhikkae in Maldivian
Iga piu in language.
Isdang bato in Tagalog
Kamumuklit in language.
Kugibera in Japanese
Kugibera in Japanese
Kutu in language.
Labayan in language.
Labre-oiseau in French
Labre-oiseau in French
Labre-oiseau du Pacifique in French
Labro uccello del Pacifico in Italian
Lampalampa in language.
Lubay-lubay in language.
Lábrido nariz de pájaro in Spanish
Mameng in Tagalog
Maming in Tagalog
Maringyan in language.
Merirchesengl in language.
Nuri muncung in Malay
Olive club-nosed wrasse in English
Pa'ati in Tahitian
Pacific bird wrasse in English
Papae in Tahitian
Paparari in language.
Penguin coklat in Malay

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
  3. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. Parenti, Paola, and John 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, no. 68. 97.
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