Macropharyngodon

Macropharyngodon is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

The 12 currently recognized species in this genus are:


Species	Common name	Image
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

^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & 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. Bibcode:2016MarBd..46..299B. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0332-x. S2CID 8456367.