Gomphosus

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Gomphosus
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Green birdmouth wrasse (G. caeruleus) (top)
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Bird wrasse (G. varius)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Tribe: Julidini
Genus: Gomphosus
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Gomphosus caeruleus
Lacépède, 1801 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • AcaraunaSevastianoff, 1802
  • Elops Bonaparte, 1831

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

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Taxonomy

Although classified as it's own genus, the genus Gomphosus is nested within the genus Thalassoma , rendering the latter paraphyletic. [4] This close affinity is reflected by the fact that in the wild, Gomphosus will sometimes create hybrid offspring with Thalassoma species. [5]

Species

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

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Gomphosus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gomphosus". FishBase . August 2013 version.
  4. Hughes, Lily C; Nash, Chloe M; White, William T; Westneat, Mark W (2022-11-04). "Concordance and Discordance in the Phylogenomics of the Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae)". Systematic Biology. 72 (3): 530–543. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syac072. ISSN   1063-5157.
  5. "Gomphosus varius summary page". FishBase. Retrieved 2025-05-08.