CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Chordata (phylum)  »  Actinopterygii (class)  »  Perciformes (order)  »  Labridae: Labrinae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 384228 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Gomphosus caeruleus   Lacépède, 1801
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 37 - Pisces Fishes Family: 37 384 Labridae: Labrinae (Wrasses) - show full list Standard Name: [a wrasse] Organism Type: a wrasse Synonyms: Gomphosus varius Lacépède, 1801 [Hobbs, J-P.A., Newman, S .J., Mitsopoulos, G.E.A., Travers, M.J., Skepper, C.L., Gilligan, J.J., Allen, G.R., Choat, H.J. & Ayling, A.M. 2014. Fishes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands: new records, community composition and biogeographic significance. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 30: 203–219 (215)] Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Coastal (0-40m) Parent Codes: 37 384919     Gomphosus spp.

Taxon Notes:

According to Australian Faunal Directory (accessed 10.7.2020), "the precise distribution of this species is unclear. Randall & Parenti (2000) and Allen & Erdmann (2012) record the species from the Indian Ocean, with the related Gomphorus varius found from the western to central Pacific. Hobbs et al (2014) record the species from both Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island. Kuiter (2010) recorded G. varius as extending to Christmas Island. We include the species here based on the synonymy provided by Randall & Parenti (2000)."

Identifiers:

WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218976 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-09-22 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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