Indo-Pacific Reefs

Pacific Bird Wrasse

Gomphosus varius

Big Island, Hawaii

Initial Phase

Lanai, Hawaii

Terminal Phase

Rangiroa, French Polynesia

Terminal Phase

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

British Virgin Islands

Terminal Phase

Palau

Terminal Phase

Palau

Initial Phase

Big Island, Hawaii

Terminal Phase

Fiji

Initial Phase

Lanai, Hawaii

Terminal Phase

Maui, Hawaii

Initial Phase

Lanai, Hawaii

Initial Phase

Lanai, Hawaii

Terminal Phase

Pacific Bird Wrasse

Category: Wrasses

Scientific Name: Gomphosus varius

Size: 7 to 11 in. (18 to 28 cm)

Depth: 5-120 ft. (2-37 m)

Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Australia, French Polynesia

Chordata (Phylum)

└Vertebrata (Subphylum)

└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)

└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)

└Teleostei (Class)

└Eupercaria (Order)

└Labridae (Family)

└Julidinae (Subfamily)

└Gomphosus (Genus)

└G. varius (Species)