Gomphosus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Labridae
Genus: Gomphosus
Species: G. caeruleus - G. varius

Name

Gomphosus Lacepède, 1801:100

Type species: Gomphosus caeruleus Lacepède, 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan, 1917:61

References

* Lacepède, B.G.E. 1801: Historie naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
* Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1-97.

Vernacular names
English: Wrasses