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Where does the Bird wrasse live?

Gomphosus varius has 24,231 records in 49 countries and territories, from 1820 to 2026. Most records come from Australia.

AnimaliaChordataPerciformesLabridaeGomphosus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 5,752
United States Minor Outlying Islands 5,246
United States 4,849
American Samoa 3,671
French Polynesia 1,238
Tonga 666
Northern Mariana Islands 626
New Caledonia 331
Fiji 304
Indonesia 209
Guam 191
Taiwan 131
Solomon Islands 124
Marshall Islands 110
Philippines 96
Norfolk Island 86
Japan 75
Micronesia 71
Cook Islands 60
Vanuatu 55
Malaysia 53
Palau 51
Christmas Island 32
Papua New Guinea 30
Vietnam 29
British Indian Ocean Territory 22
Kiribati 16
Wallis & Futuna 15
Seychelles 13
Hong Kong 11
Mauritius 11
Tuvalu 10
Timor-Leste 9
Madagascar 6
Cocos Islands 5
Samoa 5
Maldives 4
Niue 4
New Zealand 3
South Africa 2

Showing the top 40 of 49 places.

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Checkerboard wrasse
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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.