''Macropharyngodon'' is a
genus
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of
wrasse
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine ray-finned fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes.
They are typically small, ...
s native to the
Indian
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Associated with India
* of or related to India
** Indian people
** Indian diaspora
** Languages of India
** Indian English, a dialect of the English language
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Associated with indigenous peoples o ...
and
Pacific
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Oceans.
Species
The 12 currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Macropharyngodon bipartitus''
J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1957 (Rare wrasse)
* ''
Macropharyngodon choati''
J. E. Randall, 1978 (Choat's wrasse)
* ''
Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus''
J. E. Randall, 1978, 1978
* ''
Macropharyngodon geoffroy''
Quoy & Gaimard
Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.
Biography
Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
, 1824 (Geoffroy's wrasse)
* ''
Macropharyngodon kuiteri''
J. E. Randall, 1978 (Black leopard wrasse)
* ''
Macropharyngodon marisrubri''
J. E. Randall, 1978
* ''
Macropharyngodon meleagris''
Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; ; or ; ) is a communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1839 (Blackspotted wrasse)
* ''
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
Plane most often refers to:
* Aero- or airplane, a powered, fixed-wing aircraft
* Plane (geometry), a flat, 2-dimensional surface
* Plane (mathematics), generalizations of a geometrical plane
Plane or planes may also refer to:
Biology
* Plane ...
, 2014 (Pakoko wrasse)
[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''.]
* ''
Macropharyngodon vivienae''
J. E. Randall, 1978 (Madagascar wrasse)
References
Labridae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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