{"scientificNameAuthorship":"Lacépède, 1801","RecordModifiedOn":"2020-07-10","CAAB_code":"37384106","phylum":"Chordata","Notes":"According to the Australian Faunal Directory online (accessed 10.7.2020), \"the precise distribution of this species is unclear. Randall & Parenti (2000) and Allen & Erdmann (2012) record the species from the eastern Indian Ocean (Western Australia) to the central Pacific, with the related <i>Gomphosus caeruleus</i> found from the Indian Ocean. Hobbs et al (2014) record the species from both Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. Kuiter (2010) recorded <i>G. varius</i> as extending to Christmas Island. Tentatively we regard the species as extending to Christmas, but probably not Cocos (Keeling) Islands.\"","habitat":"Coastal (0-40m)<br>","NameVerifiedSource":"","Parent_Id":37384919,"scientificName":"Gomphosus varius","kingdom":"Animalia","order":"Perciformes","otherVernacularNames":"","Reference":"","vernacularName":"Birdnose Wrasse","ChildCodes":"","RecordCreatedOn":"1997-01-01","scientificNameID_WoRMS":"urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218975","family":"Labridae: Labrinae","standardName":"Birdnose Wrasse (AS5300)","class":"Actinopterygii","scientificNameID_AFD":"urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:deb8daf7-6648-4c42-8a90-33756b644308","CAAB_status":"Valid"}