Macropharyngodon is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Macropharyngodon | |
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| Macropharyngodon geoffroy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Macropharyngodon Bleeker, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Julis geoffroy Quoy & Gaimard, 1824[1]
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Species
editThe 12 currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Macropharyngodon bipartitus J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (Rare wrasse)
- Macropharyngodon choati J. E. Randall, 1978 (Choat's wrasse)
- Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus J. E. Randall, 1978, 1978
- Macropharyngodon geoffroy Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Geoffroy's wrasse) [2]
- Macropharyngodon kuiteri J. E. Randall, 1978 (Black leopard wrasse)
- Macropharyngodon marisrubri J. E. Randall, 1978
- Macropharyngodon meleagris Valenciennes, 1839 (Blackspotted wrasse) [3]
- Macropharyngodon moyeri Shepard & K. A. Meyer, 1978
- Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre, 1932 (Yellow-spotted wrasse)
- Macropharyngodon ornatus J. E. Randall, 1978 (False leopard)
- Macropharyngodon pakoko Delrieu-Trottin, J. T. Williams & Planes, 2014 (Pakoko wrasse) [2]
- Macropharyngodon vivienae J. E. Randall, 1978 (Madagascar wrasse)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macropharyngodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ a b Delrieu-Trottin, E., Williams, J.T. & Planes, S. (2014): Macropharyngodon pakoko, a new species of wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) endemic to the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Zootaxa, 3857 (3): 433–443.
- ^ Bos, A.R. (2016). "Soft corals provide microhabitat for camouflaged juveniles of the Blackspotted wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris (Labridae)". Marine Biodiversity. 46 (1): 299–301. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0332-x. S2CID 8456367.
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