Florent's Guide To The

Hawaii Reefs

Pacific Bird Wrasse
Pacific Bird Wrasse
Scientific Name: Gomphosus varius
Family: Labridae
Category: Wrasses
Size: 7 to 11 in. (18 to 28 cm)  
Depth: 5-120 ft. (2-37 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Australia, French Polynesia

Parrotfishes & Wrasses
Wrasses

Pacific Bird Wrasse (Initial Phase)

Pacific Bird Wrasse (Terminal Phase)

Ornate Wrasse

Whitepatch Razorfish (Terminal Phase)

Whitepatch Razorfish (Initial Phase)

Peacock Razorfish (Terminal Phase)

Peacock Razorfish (Initial Phase)

Peacock Razorfish (Juvenile)

Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse

Shortnose Wrasse

Rockmover Wrasse (Terminal Phase)

Rockmover Wrasse (Juvenile)

Twospot Wrasse

Twospot Wrasse (variation)

Ringtail Wrasse (Initial Phase)

Ringtail Wrasse (Terminal Phase)

Disappearing Wrasse

Eightstripe Wrasse

Fourstripe Wrasse

Smalltail Wrasse (Terminal Phase)

Smalltail Wrasse (Initial Phase)

Belted Wrasse

Saddle Wrasse

Yellow-Brown Wrasse (Initial Phase)

Yellow-Brown Wrasse (Terminal Phase)

Surge Wrasse

Ladder Wrasse

Hawaiian Hogfish

Cigar Wrasse

Yellowstripe Coris (Female)

Yellowtail Coris (Initial Phase)

Yellowtail Coris (Terminal Phase)

Yellowtail Coris (Juvenile)

Elegant coris

Slingjaw Wrasse (Terminal Phase)

Slingjaw Wrasse (Dark Initial Phase)

Slingjaw Wrasse (Yellow Initial Phase)



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