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Brocken Inaglory, license: CC BY-SA 4.0, source: iNaturalist
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Teleostei
Order:
Eupercaria
Family:
Labridae
Genus:
Gomphosus
Species:
varius
Common:
Bird wrasse
Climates:
Tropical
Temperate
Subtropical
Boreal
Waters:
Marine
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Regions:
Indian Ocean, Eastern
Indian Ocean, Western
Pacific, Eastern Central
Pacific, Northwest
Pacific, Southwest
Pacific, Western Central
Boyle, K. S., Cox, T. E. 2009. Courtship and Spawning Sounds in Bird Wrasse Gomphosus varius and Saddle Wrasse Thalassoma duperrey. Journal of Fish Biology, 75(10): 2670-2681.
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Tricas, T. C., Boyle, K. S. 2014. Acoustic Behaviors in Hawaiian Coral Reef Fish Communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 511: 1-16.