Macropharyngodon

Macropharyngodon
M. geoffroy
M. meleagris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Subfamily:	Julidinae
Genus:	Macropharyngodon Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Julis geoffroy Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 [1]

Macropharyngodon is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

The 12 currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Macropharyngodon bipartitus J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (Rare wrasse)
• Macropharyngodon choati J. E. Randall, 1978 (Choat's wrasse)
• Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus J. E. Randall, 1978, 1978
• Macropharyngodon geoffroy Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Geoffroy's wrasse) ^[2]
• Macropharyngodon kuiteri J. E. Randall, 1978 (Black leopard wrasse)
• Macropharyngodon marisrubri J. E. Randall, 1978
• Macropharyngodon meleagris Valenciennes, 1839 (Blackspotted wrasse) ^[3]
• Macropharyngodon moyeri Shepard & K. A. Meyer, 1978
• Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre, 1932 (Yellow-spotted wrasse)
• Macropharyngodon ornatus J. E. Randall, 1978 (False leopard)
• Macropharyngodon pakoko Delrieu-Trottin, J. T. Williams & Planes, 2014 (Pakoko wrasse) ^[2]
• Macropharyngodon vivienae J. E. Randall, 1978 (Madagascar wrasse)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macropharyngodon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 January 2020.
2. Delrieu-Trottin, E., Williams, J.T. & Planes, S. (2014): Macropharyngodon pakoko, a new species of wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) endemic to the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Zootaxa, 3857 (3): 433–443.
3. Bos, A.R. (2016). "Soft corals provide microhabitat for camouflaged juveniles of the Blackspotted wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris (Labridae)". Marine Biodiversity. 46 (1): 299–301. Bibcode:2016MarBd..46..299B. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0332-x. S2CID   8456367.