Species that contain: Gomphosus and varius [ 13 ] records

cepedianus, Gomphosus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:18 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Hawaiian Islands; Tahiti, Society Islands, South Pacific; Caroline Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN A-9213 (1) Tahiti, A-9214 (1) Caroline Is., A-9215 (1) Hawaiian Is. Type information: Bauchot 1963:41 [ref. 19171]. Based on "gomphose Lacépède" = Gomphosus tricolor Quoy & Gaimard 1824 and on specimens. •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:438 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

fuscus, Gomphoses Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:25 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Hawaiian Islands; Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean; Tahiti, Society Islands. No types known. Genus should have been Gomphosus. •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:438 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

lunaris, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] (ex Gronovius) 1758:283 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] In Indiis [Indonesia]. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.39 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin), ZMUU Linn. coll. 195 (1). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:228 [ref. 13434]. Lectotype selected by Fricke 1999:441 [ref. 24106] as the specimen illustrated by Gronovius 1756: Pl. 6 (fig. 2) and it might be BMNH 1853.11.12.39 which Fricke regards as unidentifiable. Based on the 'Labrus oblongus, cauda bifurca, capite purpurascente' of Gronovius 1756:26, Pl. 6 (fig. 2) (vol. 2) [ref. 20783]. Hybrids between Gomphosus varius and Thalassoma duperrey are reported by Randall & Allen 2004:136 [ref. 27827], and with Thalassoma rueppellii (Klunzinger 1871) -- (Randall & Miroz 2001:131 [ref. 25802]). •Valid as Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Dor 1984:208 [ref. 29757], Randall 1986:705 [ref. 5706], Allen & Swainston 1988:120 [ref. 25477], Paulin et al. 1989:207 [ref. 24556], Winterbottom et al. 1989:56 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:337 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Kuiter 1993:287 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:55 [ref. 25356], Allen 1995:76 [ref. 21960], Randall 1995:290 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:485 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:194 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:200 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:134 [ref. 26476], Kuiter 1997:302 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:337 [ref. 25919], Khan 1998:230 [ref. 24980], Fricke 1999:441 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:745 [ref. 25471], Myers 1999:202 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:103 [ref. 26368], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:370 [ref. 25191], Nakabo 2000:991 [ref. 25182], Parenti & Randall 2000:45 [ref. 24943], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:215 [ref. 25480], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:629 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Randall & Miroz 2001:132 [ref. 25802], Westneat 2001:3462 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:991 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S115 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:636 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:158 [ref. 27510], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:353 [ref. 28072], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Kim et al. 2005:2 [ref. 39341], Mundy 2005:448 [ref. 28379], Randall 2005:439 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1414 [ref. 29095], Satapoomin 2009:232 [ref. 30463], Kuiter 2010:195 [ref. 35285], Motomura et al. 2010:174 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:722 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:267 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:168 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:139 [ref. 33932], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:117 [ref. 36167], Koeda et al. 2016:14 [ref. 35354], Ali et al. 2018:336 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:294 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:130 [ref. 36273], Satapoomin in Kimura et al. 2018:235 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:74 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:239 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:91 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 19 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:151 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:527 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:87 [ref. 37637], Hata in Motomura et al. 2021:58 [ref. 38121], Farhana-Azmi et al. 2022:8 [ref. 40448], Randall & Victor 2022:259 [ref. 39916], Sato et al. 2023:10 [ref. 40949], Kumar et al. 2024:5 [ref. 41064]). Current status: Valid as Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus 1758). Labridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Line Islands (Kiribati), Tuamotu Archipelago and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to Korea and central Japan, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island (Australia), Norfolk Island (Australia) and Kermadec Islands, northern New Zealand and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

nasutus, Gomphosus Parkinson [S.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1840:27 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14; ref. 4882] Tahiti, Society Islands. •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

notostigma, Gomphosus Bleeker [P.] 1862:304 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 13; ref. 16995] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

pacificus, Gomphosus Seale [A.] 1901:94 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14357] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): BPBM 157. •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Myers & Donaldson 2003:635 [ref. 27495]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

pectoralis, Gomphosus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:282 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Maui, Hawaiian Islands. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-2092 (1), A-3687 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:43 [ref. 19171]. •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:438 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

sandvicensis, Gomphosus Günther [A.] 1862:194 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 4; ref. 1969] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1862.8.15.1 (stuffed). •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Mundy 2005:438 [ref. 28379]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

stuckiae, Thalassoma Whitley [G. P.] 1959:19, Fig. 7 [Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales v. for 1957-58; ref. 4730] Nouméa, New Caledonia. Holotype (unique): AMS IB.4151. •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:410 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:342 [ref. 28867], Randall 2007:337 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

tricolor, Gomphosus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:280, Pl. 55 (fig. 2) [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Maui, Hawaiian Islands. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:39, 43 [ref. 19171] who names 3 "neosyntypes". •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Randall et al. 1990:316 [ref. 15987], Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Westneat 2001:3432 [ref. 26277], Randall 2005:410 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:438 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:337 [ref. 30952]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

undulatus, Gomphosus Streets [T. H.] 1877:85 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum v.1 (no. 7); ref. 4290] Tabuaeran [= Fanning Island], Line Islands, central Pacific. Holotype (unique): USNM 19228. •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.

varius, Gomphosus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:100, 104, Pl. 5 (fig. 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Îsle de Taïti [Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific]. Syntypes: MNHN A-8240 (2, dry, poor condition), A-8241 (1, dry). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:43-44 [ref. 19171]. Based on 'Elops rubro, cæruleo et flavo variegatus' in description and illustration in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:108, 113 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. Hybrids between Gomphosus varius and Thalassoma duperrey are reported by Randall & Allen 2004:136 [ref. 27827]. •Valid as Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Araga in Masuda et al. 1984:205 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:116 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:316 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:165 [ref. 25479], Randall 1995:277 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:481 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:188 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:134 [ref. 26476] dated 1802, Kuiter 1997:300 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:316 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:197 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:21 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:978 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:358 [ref. 25191], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:205 [ref. 25480], Randall & Earle 2000:17 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:112 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3432 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:978 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:49 [ref. 26830], Bernardi et al. 2004:371 [ref. 27454], Myers & Donaldson 2003:635 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:148 [ref. 27510], Lobel & Lobel 2004:74 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:22 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27715], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:344 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:410 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:438 [ref. 28379], Allen et al. 2006:1389 [ref. 29095], Randall 2007:336 [ref. 30952], Motomura et al. 2010:165 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:208 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:667 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:130 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Koeda et al. 2016:13 [ref. 35354], Fukui in Kimura et al. 2018:230 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:227 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:158 [ref. 36626], Zajonz et al. 2019:106 [ref. 36871] as cf. varius, Wada et al. 2021:44 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific: Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and Indonesia east to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands, south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), Queensland (Australia), Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, New Caledonia, Tonga and Rapa. Habitat: marine.

viridis, Gomphosus Cuvier [G.] 1829:261 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:41, 44 [ref. 19171]. Available from footnote as, "Gomphosus viridis, N., ou Gomph. lacépède, Quoy at Gaimard, Voyage de Freycinet., Zool., pl. lv, f. 2. •Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801 -- (Parenti & Randall 2000:18 [ref. 24943]). Current status: Synonym of Gomphosus varius Lacepède 1801. Labridae. Habitat: marine.