Bird wrasse

Gomphosus varius

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth4–20 m
Water temperature23–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary, March, and April
How commonCommon

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About this species

The bird wrasse, Gomphosus varius, is a species of the wrasse family.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Gomphosus varius”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 551 records
February: 1,893 records
March: 2,528 records
April: 2,534 records
May: 964 records
June: 953 records
July: 1,282 records
August: 1,399 records
September: 1,419 records
October: 1,077 records
November: 184 records
December: 27 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–20 m · Deepest record: 46 m

0–10 m: 6,945 records
10–20 m: 6,818 records
20–30 m: 1,576 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C

22–24 °C: 18 records
24–26 °C: 156 records
26–28 °C: 181 records
28–30 °C: 364 records

Names and classification

English: Bird wrasse, birdfish, Bird-nose Wrasse, Birdnose Wrasse, bird wrasse, Brown Bird Wrasse, Clubnosed Wrasse, Olive Club-nosed Wrasse, Pacific Bird Wrasse, Purple club-nosed wrasse, Purple Wrasse

Names in 6 more languages

German: Grüner Vogel-Lippfisch
Spanish: Lábrido nariz de pájaro, Vieja trompetera
Filipino: Bankilan, Bunak, Bungat, Isdang bato, Mameng, Maming
French: Labre-oiseau, Labre-oiseau du Pacifique, Perroquet, Poisson Oiseau
Japanese: Kugibera, クギベラ
Simplified Chinese: 三色尖嘴魚, 出角鳥, 尖嘴龍, 杂色尖嘴鱼, 染色尖嘴魚, 突吻鸚鯛, 雜色尖嘴魚, 鳥仔魚, 鳥鸚鯛

Other scientific names: Gomphorus varius, Gomphosus tricolor

Similar species

Blue Groper
Achoerodus gouldii
Blue Groper
Achoerodus viridis
Tripletail wrasse
Cheilinus trilobatus
Blunt-head Parrotfish
Chlorurus microrhinos
bullethead parrotfish
Chlorurus sordidus
Clown wrasse
Coris aygula

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
18,754 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.

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