#2340 · 🐟 fish

Bird Wrasse

Gomphosus varius

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Malcolm Francis · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Francois Libert · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Francois Libert · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Harry Rosenthal · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Belinda Forbes · CC BY 4.0
7. © cccrll · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © sea-kangaroo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Jacob · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Wayne and Pam Osborn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The bird wrasse , Gomphosus varius , is a species of the wrasse family.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,368iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,368 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1801 (225 years ago).